Spatial-temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Childcare Service Resources in Xi'an City
Utilizing quantitative methods such as kernel density estimation,nearest neighbor index method,Kriging spatial interpolation analysis,and multi-scale geographically weighted regression,this paper explores the spatio-temporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of childcare service resources in Xi'an City from 2016 to 2023.The results show that:(1)The childcare service in Xi'an can be divided into three stages:initial stage,rapid development stage,and explosive growth stage.The three-core is developmented into multi-core and mainly concentrated in the three districts of the city.(2)The distribution of childcare service resources in Xi'an is concentrated,and the degree of agglomeration increases year by year.It has the characteristics of centralized ag-glomeration on the whole and outward development at the same time.The west and north directions are the main di-rections of expansion.(3)High-capital childcare service resources mainly cluster in business districts and colleges and universities,presenting four high-capital hot areas,which expect to provide more competitive childcare service resources.(4)Population factors,education factors,and industry factors significantly affect the distribution of childcare service resources,while traffic factors and economic factors have little impact on the spatial distribution of childcare service resources.
childcare serviceschildcare resourcesspatial-temporal evolutioninfluence factorsXi'an City