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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (2): 332-342.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.148

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Spatial scope of community living circle and comprehensive measurement method of construction level: Urumqi City as an example

TANG Yuting1,2(), DU Hongru1,2()   

  1. 1. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
    2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2023-04-04 Revised:2023-05-23 Online:2024-02-25 Published:2024-03-14
  • Contact: DU Hongru E-mail:tangyuting20@mails.ucas.ac.cn;duhongru@sina.cn

Abstract:

Community living circles are closely related to residents’ lives, and are the basic units for the construction of urban grassroots public service facilities and an important grip for urban renewal. The scientific delineation of the scope of community living circles and the comprehensive measurement of their construction level provides theoretical exploration for promoting the construction of community living circles, achieving efficient allocation of public resources, and providing new perspectives and cases for the study of the relationship between the geographic environment and residents’ behavior. Based on the research idea of scientific delineation of the scope of the living circle and evaluation of its level of construction, this study explored the optimization method of community living area delineation by combining the data of walking planning and Mapbox living circles, constructed a comprehensive index system for measuring the construction level of living circles in terms of the layout of facilities, spatial accessibility, and residents’ satisfaction, among others, and performed empirical research by taking the Urumqi City, Xinjiang, China as an example. The results showed the following: (1) Merging the walking route planning circle and Mapbox living circle to divide the scope of the living circle could improve the timeliness and boundary accuracy of the division results. (2) The density of facilities and access per capita had a more significant impact on the level of construction of the living circle. (3) The average radius of the 15-min living circle of Urumqi City was 812.75 m, and the average area was 2.10 km2. The construction level of old urban areas was higher than that of new urban areas, and the construction level of commercial services was higher than that of health management, education, travel, and other facilities. The lack of facilities and layout imbalance were the main reasons for the difference.

Key words: community living circle, public service facilities, division method, evaluation system, Urumqi City