The spatial resilience of the community’s commercial vitality: Comparative study on spatial renovation of Beijing Hutong district before and after

Abstract

Based on Baidu Street View time machine and field survey data, this paper analyses the changes of community businesses before and after spatial renovation in Hutong district, which covers an area of 7 square kilometres in central Beijing from 2015 to 2020, and uses space syntax model to analyse the distribution rules and trend of changes. The results show that although the total amount of business in the community and the commercial location of each subdivision of business community have a sharp fluctuation, in essence, the location of commercial agglomeration and distribution in the community is very stable before and after renovation, and has a high correlation with the standardized Angle choice parameter of 1000m radius. In addition, after renovation, the correlation between community commercial distribution and population density, urban commercial density, public transportation convenience and other three parameters is improved, reflecting the spatial resilience brought by spatial connection behind the functional change.