IDENTIFICATION OF SPATIAL EQUITY OF ELDERLY CARE INSTITUTIONS IN RESPONSE TO AN AGING POPULATION
Accurately identifying the spatial equity of elderly care institutions is an important prerequisite for territorial planning to optimize the allocation of elderly resources and address the challenges of an aging society.This study improves the two-step floating catchment area method by incorporating factors such as business nature and scale level to analyze the spatial accessibility disparities of elderly care institutions across different sub-districts in Guangzhou.The evaluation is conducted from an equity perspective.The results indicate that:(1)the distribution of elderly careinstitutions across different sub-districts in Guangzhou is uneven,showing a concentric pattern with significant urban-rural disparities.(2)Private elderly care institutions have better accessibility and equity than public ones,and large-scale institutions perform better in terms of accessibility and equity compared to others.(3)In the future,priority should be given to improving the accessibility in high-demand and low-supply areas,thus optimizing the spatial allocation of elderly care institutions.Compared to the commonly used proportional model in planning,the improved two-step floating catchment area method can better measure spatial equity,providing reference and suggestions for the scientific planning of elderly care institutions.
elderly care facilitiesequityaccessibilitytwo-step floating catchment area method(2SFCA)aging society
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