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Frontiers of Architectural Research

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Front. Archit. Res.    2019, Vol. 8 Issue (4) : 634-645    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.09.002
Research Article
Quantitative analysis of social force in the processes of settlement aggregation
Rong Du1(), Chiu-Shui Chan2
1. Key Laboratory of Urban and Architectural Heritage Conservation of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
2. Department of Architecture, College of Design, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Abstract

Despite its close connection to many of the problems related to uncloaking hidden structures of settlement aggregation in China, researchers have shown limited interest in quantifying and analyzing the social force. In this study, a sociogram approach for studying the social force in settlement aggregation was proposed and tested. Genealogies in different historic periods were used as the raw data for tracking blood relationships. The strengths of the approaches are the extraction and visualization of historical sources. Social force represents the effect of the environment on the behavior of person, and it evokes the people’s motivation to act as a reaction to information he/she obtained from the environment. It is believed that the processes of settlement aggregation are the results of the social field acting on the behavior of the person. The sociogram model calculated by computer showed that it has the capability of describing the self-organization processes of settlement aggregation.

Keywords Social network analysis      Spatial pattern      Clanship      Settlement aggregation     
Corresponding Author(s): Rong Du   
Issue Date: 24 December 2019
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Rong Du,Chiu-Shui Chan. Quantitative analysis of social force in the processes of settlement aggregation[J]. Front. Archit. Res., 2019, 8(4): 634-645.
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https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/10.1016/j.foar.2019.09.002
https://academic.hep.com.cn/foar/EN/Y2019/V8/I4/634
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