Abstract:
Currently, population outflow in rural areas of China is a widespread phenomenon, and the decline of some villages has become a reality. To address this issue, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development has initiated a nationwide construction evaluation aimed at identifying the problems and shortcomings in rural construction. This effort seeks to better guide the optimization of rural spatial layouts and improve the quality of rural living environments. This study focuses on the spatial restructuring of rural construction, taking 156 administrative villages in Dangyang City, Hubei Province as the research subjects. It comprehensively employs the Minimum Cumulative Resistance (MCR) model, circuit theory, and network analysis methods to construct a rural construction network model, analyzing it from the dimensions of development corridors, core village identification, and subgroup structures. The research findings reveal that: 1) The core corridors of rural construction in Dangyang City are distributed in a 'Y' shape along the Juzhang River, with weak connections in the western mountainous areas; 2) Villages with high average degrees form three major clusters along the Juzhang River, and villages with high betweenness centrality surround the core village areas; 3) Based on network analysis, five subgroups are identified, showing clustering characteristics in their subgroup structures. Based on the analysis, the study categorizes village functions and constructs core corridors, proposing a spatial restructuring strategy of 'subgroups + core villages'. This provides a scientific basis for optimizing the spatial layout of Dangyang City's rural areas and contributes to rural revitalization.