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

Wei Wei,Xiwen Ren,Shiyi Guo

doi:10.3390/land11020149

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.

Highlights

Public service facilities are resources directly or indirectly provided by the government for the public and shared by all [1], including public green space, pension, medical treatment, education facilities, etc
The construction of public service facilities in new areas often lags behind population growth, which can lead to a movement of people to areas with a higher concentration of public service facilities [5]
This study found that there are many matching patterns of supply and demand in public service facilities, and this finding is consistent with previous research [40,41]

Summary

Introduction

Public service facilities are resources directly or indirectly provided by the government for the public and shared by all [1], including public green space, pension, medical treatment, education facilities, etc. The construction of public service facilities in new areas often lags behind population growth, which can lead to a movement of people to areas with a higher concentration of public service facilities [5]. This may cause demand pressure to be transmitted to surrounding service areas, further leading to a widening area of supply and demand mismatch [6]. In order to provide residents with public service facilities of a reasonable layout, and resource sharing [11,12], it is necessary to evaluate the supply-demand matching of urban public service facilities [13]

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