Research on the spatio-temporal characteristics of metropolitan digital daily consumption with evidence from Hangzhou takeaway consumption
The popularity of mobile internet has given rise to digital consumption patterns represented by takeaway consumption.The spatio-temporal patterns of daily consumption supply and demand have changed.Using Hangzhou's main urban area as a case study,the paper analyzes the spatio-temporal characteristics of daily digital consumption peaks using high-precision consumption data,mathematical statistics,kernel density spatial analysis,and visualization methods.Next,the study analyzes the spatio-temporal characteristics of supply and demand.The study found that 1)There are two peaks in digital daily consumption in metropolitan areas,noon and evening,and the degree of spatial and temporal concentration is higher during the noon peak.2)During peak digital daily consumption periods,demand spaces show a significant clustering tendency,with the noon peak having higher spatial concentration than the evening peak,characterized by a smaller spatial range and more distinct boundaries.De-mand space transitions from singular productive service land use to a mix of residential,productive,educational,and cultural land uses.3)Supply space demonstrates high concentration,forming multiple supply centers.The distribution of supply space aligns broadly with traditional commercial spatial patterns,albeit with slight differences—key supply centers are primarily located within community-level business districts,with some situated in non-commercial areas.4)The digital daily consumption exhibits two distinct characteristics:the misalignment of noon and evening consumption peaks and the misalignment of supply and demand peaks.Consumer temporal and spa-tial constraints during specific contexts result in the misalignment of midday and evening consumption peaks.In the digital age,stores continue to be governed by the agglomeration effect,forming a multi-center pattern.Delivery services expand the service radius and increase the geographical non-proximity between demand and supply,thus creating a misalignment between supply and demand peaks.
takeaway consumptiondigital economydaily consumptionsupply and demand analysisHang-zhou