摘要

In the development of historic areas, functions change following socioeconomic transformation. Nowadays, tourism is popular in historic areas. We examined this to understand the internal motivation, spatial logic, and functional transformation of a historic area to sustainably maintain its vitality. For Shichahai in Beijing, the selected study area, space syntax and kernel density analyses were conducted to understand the development vitality and determine the inner order of space and function in tourism development. The results clarified the inertia retained by historic genes to provide vitality in tourism.