Spatial Delineation for Great Wall Zone at Sub-Watershed Scale: A Coupled Ecological and Heritage Perspective

The Great Wall is a world-famous World Heritage Site facing serious environmental and structural fragmentation problems. This study considered the watershed an essential basis for delineating cultural zone boundary. relevant watersheds their scope in Beijing were determined, sub-watershed classification index system was constructed. type conservation areas classified using k-means clustering method. relationships among heritage, ecological, socioeconomic, hydrological elements analyzed to obtain characteristics of spatial differentiation types. had promoting effect on urbanization; urbanization pressurizing ecological environment, whereas heritage binding environment. protected defined at scale this have better connectivity integrity. Not only does it help monitor, prevent control various natural human-related issues hazards that occur scale, but also helps informing sustainable development Wall.