Safeguarding the elderly population in the countryside is an inherent requirement for alleviating social conflicts in rural areas and effectively carrying out China’s Rural Revitalization.The existing spatial mismatc...Safeguarding the elderly population in the countryside is an inherent requirement for alleviating social conflicts in rural areas and effectively carrying out China’s Rural Revitalization.The existing spatial mismatch between rural elderly service facilities and pop-ulation distribution in China aggravates the imbalance of facility resource space,how to improve the accuracy of demand and supply results and better measuring the spatial fairness of elderly service is significant to realize the optimal allocation of rural elderly service.Based on the above,this study pays attention to the refined needs of the elderly population,and focuses on the spatial equity of the rural elderly facilities,to make up for the short boards of the basic public services in the countryside and realize the all-round rural revitalization.This study takes Huanxian County in the hilly loess area of Longdong,China as an example and explores the spatial equity of rural elderly services by using the Urban Spatial Network Analysis(UNA)to measure the accessible quantity and supply capacity of elderly services.The results found that there were 553 rural eldercare service facilities in Huanxian County,including 285 eldercare facilities and 268 medical and health facilities,and the spatial distribution is characterized by a southward shift in the east and uneven regional distribution.Overall,the supply capacity of rural pension services was generally good,with the township center as the gathering point and spreading out in a faceted manner,with nearby townships forming a contiguous area;however,there were strong contrasts and obvious differences in the strength of supply capacity.However,the spatial equity of rural eldercare service was poor.In 42.05%of the eld-erly population grid cells,eldercare service spatial equity was extremely low.The spatial distribution also presented a northern preference over the southern,a western preference over the eastern,and a concentration along the highway.The study explored the realization of spatial equity in the optimal allocation of rural elderly services based on paying attention to the refined needs of the rural elderly pop-ulation,a vulnerable group,to provide a reference for solving the shortcomings of basic public services in rural areas.The fair allocation of rural elderly services demands that the spatial optimization of facility layout be organically coordinated with policy,management,and post-maintenance,and all elements in the rural territorial system be fully mobilized to achieve the basic guarantee of China’s rural elderly problems.展开更多
Spatial equity in access to urban services is a significant element of sustainable urban planning.To date,a service-based index is used to measure service attractiveness,considering attractiveness as a static concept....Spatial equity in access to urban services is a significant element of sustainable urban planning.To date,a service-based index is used to measure service attractiveness,considering attractiveness as a static concept.While from the user side view,service attractiveness is a dynamic concept related to the variation of different opportunities of users to use the services and capacities.In this paper,a user-based method for measuring service attractiveness is proposed.In this approach,the attractiveness of service for a user is modeled as a function of the user's Travel Times(TT),Free Times(FTs),park size and relative positions of the user,local demanding population,and service.Then,the inequity of attractiveness of services for different users has been examined using three inequity indices including the Duration of Use(DU),Frequency of Visit(FV),and the Chance of Space Choice(CSC).The proposed method is applied to urban regional parks of Tehran municipality.Traffc Analysis Zones(TAZs)and regional parks are respectively regarded as the users and services.In addition to considering inequity of access to the first closest park,the additional cost of accessing to the other two closest parks is also considered.Results show that the proposed method leads to the exploration of the existing inequities of DU,FV,and CSC among residents in local scales,whereas in the service-based method,all users of a service are highlighted with a single value of attractiveness.Comparison of the user-based and service-based attractiveness indices show significant differences.As an example,user-based attractiveness values of about 14%and 20%of TAZs are respectively 5 and 3 square meters more than that of the service-based attractiveness index.However,the service-based method is suitable for regional-scale comparison of the inequities.Therefore,the proposed index can complement the service-based index for inequity mapping and management in varying scales.展开更多
基金Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42271222)Natural Science Foundation of Gansu Province(No.22JR5RA130,22JR5RA143)。
文摘Safeguarding the elderly population in the countryside is an inherent requirement for alleviating social conflicts in rural areas and effectively carrying out China’s Rural Revitalization.The existing spatial mismatch between rural elderly service facilities and pop-ulation distribution in China aggravates the imbalance of facility resource space,how to improve the accuracy of demand and supply results and better measuring the spatial fairness of elderly service is significant to realize the optimal allocation of rural elderly service.Based on the above,this study pays attention to the refined needs of the elderly population,and focuses on the spatial equity of the rural elderly facilities,to make up for the short boards of the basic public services in the countryside and realize the all-round rural revitalization.This study takes Huanxian County in the hilly loess area of Longdong,China as an example and explores the spatial equity of rural elderly services by using the Urban Spatial Network Analysis(UNA)to measure the accessible quantity and supply capacity of elderly services.The results found that there were 553 rural eldercare service facilities in Huanxian County,including 285 eldercare facilities and 268 medical and health facilities,and the spatial distribution is characterized by a southward shift in the east and uneven regional distribution.Overall,the supply capacity of rural pension services was generally good,with the township center as the gathering point and spreading out in a faceted manner,with nearby townships forming a contiguous area;however,there were strong contrasts and obvious differences in the strength of supply capacity.However,the spatial equity of rural eldercare service was poor.In 42.05%of the eld-erly population grid cells,eldercare service spatial equity was extremely low.The spatial distribution also presented a northern preference over the southern,a western preference over the eastern,and a concentration along the highway.The study explored the realization of spatial equity in the optimal allocation of rural elderly services based on paying attention to the refined needs of the rural elderly pop-ulation,a vulnerable group,to provide a reference for solving the shortcomings of basic public services in rural areas.The fair allocation of rural elderly services demands that the spatial optimization of facility layout be organically coordinated with policy,management,and post-maintenance,and all elements in the rural territorial system be fully mobilized to achieve the basic guarantee of China’s rural elderly problems.
文摘Spatial equity in access to urban services is a significant element of sustainable urban planning.To date,a service-based index is used to measure service attractiveness,considering attractiveness as a static concept.While from the user side view,service attractiveness is a dynamic concept related to the variation of different opportunities of users to use the services and capacities.In this paper,a user-based method for measuring service attractiveness is proposed.In this approach,the attractiveness of service for a user is modeled as a function of the user's Travel Times(TT),Free Times(FTs),park size and relative positions of the user,local demanding population,and service.Then,the inequity of attractiveness of services for different users has been examined using three inequity indices including the Duration of Use(DU),Frequency of Visit(FV),and the Chance of Space Choice(CSC).The proposed method is applied to urban regional parks of Tehran municipality.Traffc Analysis Zones(TAZs)and regional parks are respectively regarded as the users and services.In addition to considering inequity of access to the first closest park,the additional cost of accessing to the other two closest parks is also considered.Results show that the proposed method leads to the exploration of the existing inequities of DU,FV,and CSC among residents in local scales,whereas in the service-based method,all users of a service are highlighted with a single value of attractiveness.Comparison of the user-based and service-based attractiveness indices show significant differences.As an example,user-based attractiveness values of about 14%and 20%of TAZs are respectively 5 and 3 square meters more than that of the service-based attractiveness index.However,the service-based method is suitable for regional-scale comparison of the inequities.Therefore,the proposed index can complement the service-based index for inequity mapping and management in varying scales.
