Reflections on Practical Challenges and Countermeasures for Activation and Utilization of Historical and Cultural Heritage in the Process of Integrated Urban-rural Planning

Abstract

In the context of the integrated and improved development of urban and rural areas, the phenomenon of similar urban and rural spatial styles has become increasingly prominent. Exploring and making effective use of local historical and cultural resources is an important way to maintain regional cultural characteristics and continue local cultural traditions. It has a practical effect on improving the quality of urban and rural spaces and promoting balanced regional development. From the perspective of grassroots construction, at present, the connection between cultural heritage protection and development is not tight enough. The development degree of existing cultural resources is shallow and the utilization forms are single, and a large amount of cultural value has not been fully released. Based on the concept of integrated urban and rural development, this article, combined with the actual construction scenarios, discusses various practical obstacles encountered in the implementation and connection of the urban and rural planning system and heritage protection standards. At present, there are still many practical problems in the process of heritage activation and implementation. Issues such as insufficient planning coordination, fixed development paths, limited participation channels for governance, and incomplete supporting mechanisms are particularly prominent. The continuous weakening of rural cultural ecology further leads to the idle and loss of local cultural resources, impacting the foundation of regional cultural inheritance. In response to these practical problems, the article builds an optimized system from five dimensions: planning control, characteristic development, diversified governance, institutional support, and cultural ecological protection, and explores the heritage activation paths suitable for the integrated urban and rural development scenarios. The research results can provide practical references for heritage protection work in urban and rural renewal, promoting the simultaneous improvement of regional cultural construction, economic development, and grassroots governance.