SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EVENT-GOERS' PLACE IDENTITY BASED ON REGIONAL RELATION& IPA MODEL——A Case Study of International Horticultural Exposition 2011 in Xi'an
DAI Guang-quan1,2, XIAO Lu1,2
1. School of Economics and Commerce, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China;
2. Academe of Modern Service Industry, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China
Abstract：Taking the International Horticultural Exposition 2011 in Xi'an as a case and based on Integrated Regional Relation Intensity (IRRI) and Importance-performance Analysis (IPA) model as well as Taylor's distance decay model, the paper combined Place Identity (PI) theories with the event study, measured the event-goers' PI with its host city Xi'an using random field survey, and researched spatial characteristics of event-goers' PI by SPSS 17.0 for statistical analysis including descriptive statistics, building calculation model, correlation analysis. Firstly, the researchers calculated the mean of the event-goers' PI participating in the Expo Xi'an, and it showed the total mean of 3.660, which indicated that the event-goers had a certain degree of PI to its host city Xi'an. Secondly, the researchers drew IPA matrix graph according to the event-goers' PI and IRRI, thus the source places are divided into four categories by four quadrants based on the IPA measures. Thirdly, the researchers explored spatial characteristics of event-goers' PI of these source provinces. The study found that the event-goers' PI had an overall spatial distribution with both graded decreases and jumped increases and there was a significant distance decay law on a larger/provincial scale and an insignificant distance decay on the small scale within the province and the city. Finally, the article raised some issues worthy of further study by discussing the relationships between spatial characteristics event-goers' PI and its spatial polarization, spatial intervention opportunities and spatial diffusion.
戴光全, 肖璐. 基于区域联系和IPA的节事游客地方认同空间特征——以2011西安世界园艺博览会为例[J]. 人文地理, 2012, 27(4): 115-124.
DAI Guang-quan, XIAO Lu. SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EVENT-GOERS' PLACE IDENTITY BASED ON REGIONAL RELATION& IPA MODEL——A Case Study of International Horticultural Exposition 2011 in Xi'an. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2012, 27(4): 115-124.
