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| THE RESEARCH ON THE SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF THE URBAN PUBLIC SERVICE FACILITIES DISTRIBUTION IN GUANGZHOU |
| GAO Jun-bo1, ZHOU Chun-shan1, JIANG Hai-yan1,2, YE Chang-dong1 |
1. Center for Urban and Regional Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;
2. College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China |
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Abstract Since the implement of reform and open-up policy in China, the supply entity and the supply mechanism of urban public service facilities has become multiplex and its spatial distribution has been changed from spatial equilibrium to spatial differentiation for the reason of reform of the government and the reconstruction of the relationship between public and private sectors. This research explores the spatial differentiation of urban public facilities supply and its driving mechanism with a case study of Guangzhou. Based on the data from the specific facilities investigation database in 2006 and urban resident travel investigation database in 2005 of Guangzhou, the authors examine the spatial equilibrium and social differentiation of the distribution of urban public service facilities. The result shows that there are great differences of public service facilities in different districts of Guangzhou, and the public service facilities and the population distribution are not coordinate. The accumulation level in the old districts of the city is much higher than new developed districts, which is caused by the "continuing accumulation" of the driving factors including the geography location, the exploiting priority and the population density. The medical, well-being, entertainment and public service facilities have the highest aggregation level, and the aggregation levels of education, business and transport facilities are the lowest. The spatial distribution of public service facilities in Guanzhou has been changed from the spatial equilibrium distribution, which occurs in traditional planning economy, to spatial concentration in high income areas, which is caused by the market economy. That is similar to the "inverse-care law" of public resources distribution in the cities of western countries. The change of macroscopic environment, urban planning, historical inertia, supply sides and demand sides propels the spatial differentiation of public service facilities supply in a direct or indirect way. Based on those factors, the authors put forward a theoretical framework of the mechanisms of the spatial differentiation of public service supply.
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Received: 15 June 2009
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2010, Vol. 25 
