Evaluation of Public Service Facilities in 19 Large Cities in China from the Perspective of Supply and Demand

Wei Wei, Xiwen Ren and Shiyi Guo
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Wei Wei: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Xiwen Ren: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Shiyi Guo: Department of Urban Planning, School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-18

Abstract: The equalization of urban public service facilities is important to the daily lives of urban residents. Spatial quantification of the supply and demand of public service facilities can reveal relationships between supply and demand agents and provide a foundation for the planning of urban public service facilities. This study proposed a comprehensive framework to assess the current state of supply (accessibility of facilities) and demand (population carrying pressure) of various public services in cities and determine patterns between different public service facilities. This framework contains three elements: (a) multi-scale spatial quantification of the matching of supply and demand, (b) spatial matching of supply and demand, and (c) spatial clustering analysis of the supply and demand balance. This study analyzed 19 major cities in China from a supply and demand perspective and examined implications for matching the supply and demand of public service facilities. The results indicated that education service facilities had the most appropriate supply and demand relationship. Areas where public service facilities had a good matching of supply and demand demonstrated a strong pattern of clustering. There were significant differences in the level of matching of the supply and demand of public service facilities among various regions in China. The limitations of the framework and future directions are discussed.

Keywords: public service facilities; matching supply and demand; service areas; China; large cities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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