Redai dili (Jul 2024)

Supply-Demand Matching Characteristics and Influencing Mechanism of Urban Residents' Daily Activities and the Environment

  • Sun Honghu,
  • Jiang Yupei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.20230448
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 44, no. 7
pp. 1223 – 1235

Abstract

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The supply-demand relationship between the daily activities of urban residents and the environment is closely related to the quality of urban life. In the context of the interweaving and overlapping of old and new supply-demand contradictions, as well as the rapid development of new ideas and technologies, the complex supply-demand matching characteristics and influencing mechanisms of urban residents' daily activities and the environment need to be further clarified to provide useful reference for the optimization of urban living space quality. Using the theories of temporal-spatial behavior and space of flows, this study establishes the theoretical framework and measurement index of the supply demand relationship between daily activities and the environment. Based on the utilization of geographical big data, the ANP (Analysis Network Process)-CV (Coefficient of variation) weighting method, Random Forest regression model, and other technical means, an empirical analysis is carried out for the central urban area of Nanjing. The main conclusions are as follows: 1) The supply-demand matching relationship between daily activities and the environment presents a composite spatial structure dominated by "center-periphery" relations and supplemented by "circle layer," style with significant polarization. 2) The supply-demand matching mechanism of daily activities and the environment is asymmetrical and non-sustainable. Daily activities are shaped more by the activity environment, in which the social environment plays a major role. At the same time, the trend of mutual promotion between supply and demand often does not lead to sustainable growth. 3) To a certain extent, in the central urban area of Nanjing, the distribution of daily activities and environmental factors, as well as their supply and demand relationships, have issues of one-way agglomeration and disorderly spread as well as the tension and inefficiency of supply and demand matching. A livable and inclusive social environment is the primary driving force affecting the level of daily activities, and the scale and intensity of activities are the main factors driving the enhancement of the environmental quality of activities. 4) The positive supply-demand interaction between daily activities and the environment should be promoted to improve the agglomeration and diffusion benefits of factors in the supply-demand network. According to the stages of the supply-demand development of the daily activities-environment system, flexible and diverse optimization paths should be selected to promote the high-quality sustainable development of supply and demand relations. Overall, this study makes certain innovations in the theoretical exploration and empirical analysis of the matching characteristics and the impact relationship between supply and demand. To match the feature recognition of supply and demand, the absolute level of supply and demand and relative benefit of supply and demand are presented simultaneously. To reveal the influence relationship, the significance, importance, and development trend of the nonlinear influence between supply and demand are thoroughly explored. Compared to related research on community life circles, this study covers the overall activity space of the city and considers different life activities and the multiscale spatial connections between life activities, which can more accurately and comprehensively reflect the panoramic living space of urban residents.

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