Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China

It is crucial for social sustainability that adolescents have access to social sports services fairly. However, there are few research studies on requirements for sports facilities and spatial accessibility of adolescents at a fine scale. Further, identifying the heterogeneity of the relationship be...

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Main Authors: Cheng Shuang, Liu Wuxin, Jiang Wangyang, Li Chen
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Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2024-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2022-0613
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Liu Wuxin
Jiang Wangyang
Li Chen
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Li Chen
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description It is crucial for social sustainability that adolescents have access to social sports services fairly. However, there are few research studies on requirements for sports facilities and spatial accessibility of adolescents at a fine scale. Further, identifying the heterogeneity of the relationship between spatial accessibility and other factors and their scales simultaneously would be conducive to reveal the variations of spatial accessibility effectively under the potential scale effect. This research aims to explore the heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities at a fine scale in Changsha, China. The Gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area model is first employed to evaluate spatial accessibility. Then, multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) is applied to examine the relationship between spatial accessibility and its associated factors. The mean accessibility in Yuelu District (0.158) is the highest as well, and the standard deviation (0.236) is also the highest one. Both the accessibility (0.019) and its standard derivation (0.029) in Furong District are the lowest. The results show that there is a lack of balance of spatial accessibility for the clusters with different accessibility levels distributed in the study area. Some socio-economic factors, such as housing price and nighttime light intensity, have significant impacts on spatial accessibility for adolescents with spatial and scale heterogeneity by using MGWR. Based on heterogeneous distribution and association, suggestions for promoting spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents are proposed.
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spelling doaj.art-bd1b8b05863d4f4e81e56f17f498f18c2024-04-15T07:41:33ZengDe GruyterOpen Geosciences2391-54472024-04-0116112051310.1515/geo-2022-0613Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, ChinaCheng Shuang0Liu Wuxin1Jiang Wangyang2Li Chen3School of Business, Xiangtan Institute of Technology, Xiangtan411100, ChinaSecond Institute of Aerial Survey and Remote Sensing, Ministry of Natural Resources, Harbin150081, ChinaSecond Institute of Aerial Survey and Remote Sensing, Ministry of Natural Resources, Harbin150081, ChinaDepartment of Business Administration, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, ChinaIt is crucial for social sustainability that adolescents have access to social sports services fairly. However, there are few research studies on requirements for sports facilities and spatial accessibility of adolescents at a fine scale. Further, identifying the heterogeneity of the relationship between spatial accessibility and other factors and their scales simultaneously would be conducive to reveal the variations of spatial accessibility effectively under the potential scale effect. This research aims to explore the heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities at a fine scale in Changsha, China. The Gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area model is first employed to evaluate spatial accessibility. Then, multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR) is applied to examine the relationship between spatial accessibility and its associated factors. The mean accessibility in Yuelu District (0.158) is the highest as well, and the standard deviation (0.236) is also the highest one. Both the accessibility (0.019) and its standard derivation (0.029) in Furong District are the lowest. The results show that there is a lack of balance of spatial accessibility for the clusters with different accessibility levels distributed in the study area. Some socio-economic factors, such as housing price and nighttime light intensity, have significant impacts on spatial accessibility for adolescents with spatial and scale heterogeneity by using MGWR. Based on heterogeneous distribution and association, suggestions for promoting spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents are proposed.https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2022-0613spatial accessibilitysports facilitiesspatial heterogeneitythe gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area methodmultiscale geographically weighted regression
spellingShingle Cheng Shuang
Liu Wuxin
Jiang Wangyang
Li Chen
Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
Open Geosciences
spatial accessibility
sports facilities
spatial heterogeneity
the gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area method
multiscale geographically weighted regression
title Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
title_full Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
title_fullStr Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
title_full_unstemmed Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
title_short Detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale: A case study in Changsha, China
title_sort detecting heterogeneity of spatial accessibility to sports facilities for adolescents at fine scale a case study in changsha china
topic spatial accessibility
sports facilities
spatial heterogeneity
the gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area method
multiscale geographically weighted regression
url https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2022-0613
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