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Arid Land Geography ›› 2021, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (4): 1186-1197.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.04.30

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Characteristics and evaluation of the spatial distribution of life service industry in Hohhot City

LI Xiaocan(),A Rong(),TONG Baoquan   

  1. College of Geographical Science, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Received:2020-05-16 Revised:2021-04-22 Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-08-02
  • Contact: Rong A E-mail:lixiaocan123@126.com;arong1224@163.com

Abstract:

The urban life service industry is closely related to the daily life of urban residents. In this study, the central urban area of Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, China was taken as an example. Multisource urban big data were collected, and the spatial layout characteristics of the life service industry were analyzed with the kernel density estimation method, local Getis-Ord G* index, standard deviation ellipse, and Ripley’s K function. Then, bivariate Moran’s I was used to evaluate the supply and demand of various life service industries and suggest an optimal layout. The results are as follows. (1) The density of agglomeration centers of the life service industry decreased with increasing distance from the city center. The distribution centers of various life service industries showed roughly the same trend. However, the development was more rapid in east-west directions. (2) There were significant cold and hot clusters in the distribution of the life service industry. Various types of life service industry had different spatial agglomerations at different spatial scales. Residential and family services, medical health services, and accommodation and catering services showed a large range of space clustering features, and the scale of location selection was relatively large. (3) The supply and demand of all types of life service industries had a positive correlation spatially, but there were significant differences. Under the principle of balance between supply and demand, there were obvious irrational points in the spatial layout of the life service industry on several major roads, such as Zhaowuda Road, Ordos Street, and Xinhua Street. This research can serve as a reference for the future spatial planning and structural adjustment of the service industry in Hohhot City.

Key words: life service industry, POI data, space layout, bivariate Moran’s I, Hohhot City