Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Model-Based Evaluation of Community Care Facilities’ Spatial Accessibility in Xi’an, China

Sunwei Liu, Yupeng Wang, Dian Zhou and Yitong Kang
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Sunwei Liu: School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Yupeng Wang: School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Dian Zhou: School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Yitong Kang: School of Human Settlement and Civil Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-17

Abstract: Due to the rapid increase in the number of elderly people in Chinese cities, the development and planning of aged care facilities, and particularly community care facilities, which will gradually become the mainstream choice for the elderly in China, is becoming an important topic for urban sustainability. Previous studies have shown that the number and scale of aged care facilities in many cities are far from meeting the needs of the elderly and the overall occupation rate is low. Some of these cities are still expanding and some are undergoing urban renovation. In this process, the scientific planning of community care facilities to promote efficient use of facility resources has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved. In this study, the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method and a potential model based on the Geographic Information System (GIS) were used to carry out a scientific evaluation of the spatial accessibility of community care facilities in the Beilin district of Xi’an. The aims were to explore the best quantitative research methods for assessing the distribution of Xi’an community care facilities’ spatial accessibility, provide ideas for similar studies in the future, and further the understanding of spatial allocation of urban community care facilities resources.

Keywords: GIS; 2SFCA model; potential model; community care facilities; spatial accessibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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