Quantifying Scale Effects and Driving Factors in Recreation Service Spatial Interactions: A Multidimensional Assessment and Hierarchical Management Framework for the Yangtze River Delta
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This study proposes a multiscale evaluation framework for recreation services (RS) based on the Environment–Opportunity–Potential (EOP) model, aiming to better understand the dynamics and drivers of RS across spatial scales. Using the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region of China as a case study, this research assesses the RS levels from 2010 to 2020 based on the Environment Opportunity and Potential (EOP) framework. We investigated the trade-offs and synergies among multiple dimensions of RS and analyze their driving mechanisms at varying spatial scales. Key findings include: (1) The YRD exhibits a distinct spatial pattern characterized by higher values in the southeastern areas and lower values in the northwest, and the average level decreased by 5.85% over the past decade. (2) The direction and magnitude of trade-offs and synergies among different RS dimensions are scale-dependent, with spatial scale exerting a more pronounced influence on these interactions than temporal scale. (3) RS exhibited significant spatial clustering across all scales, with High–High clusters primarily located in southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang. These hotspots showed strong spatial associations with transportation corridors, though their dependence on urban centers declined over time. (4) Socioeconomic factors play a critical role in shaping RS, but their effects vary significantly between grid and administrative scales in both direction and magnitude. Based on these findings, we propose a multiscale RS management framework (city-county-grid) to guide spatial planning and policy formulation. This framework helps align RS development with local contexts and supports sustainable recreational planning in rapidly urbanizing regions.
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The journal has an applied focus: it actively promotes the importance of geographical research in real world settings
It is policy-relevant: it seeks both a readership and contributions from practitioners as well as academics
The substantive foundation is spatial analysis: the use of quantitative techniques to identify patterns and processes within geographic environments
The combination of these points, which are fully reflected in the naming of the journal, establishes a unique position in the marketplace.
RationaleA geographical perspective has always been crucial to the understanding of the social and physical organisation of the world around us. The techniques of spatial analysis provide a powerful means for the assembly and interpretation of evidence, and thus to address critical questions about issues such as crime and deprivation, immigration and demographic restructuring, retailing activity and employment change, resource management and environmental improvement. Many of these issues are equally important to academic research as they are to policy makers and Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy aims to close the gap between these two perspectives by providing a forum for discussion of applied research in a range of different contexts
Topical and interdisciplinaryIncreasingly government organisations, administrative agencies and private businesses are requiring research to support their ‘evidence-based’ strategies or policies. Geographical location is critical in much of this work which extends across a wide range of disciplines including demography, actuarial sciences, statistics, public sector planning, business planning, economics, epidemiology, sociology, social policy, health research, environmental management.
FocusApplied Spatial Analysis and Policy will draw on applied research from diverse problem domains, such as transport, policing, education, health, environment and leisure, in different international contexts. The journal will therefore provide insights into the variations in phenomena that exist across space, it will provide evidence for comparative policy analysis between domains and between locations, and stimulate ideas about the translation of spatial analysis methods and techniques across varied policy contexts. It is essential to know how to measure, monitor and understand spatial distributions, many of which have implications for those with responsibility to plan and enhance the society and the environment in which we all exist.
Readership and Editorial BoardAs a journal focused on applications of methods of spatial analysis, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy will be of interest to scholars and students in a wide range of academic fields, to practitioners in government and administrative agencies and to consultants in private sector organisations. The Editorial Board reflects the international and multidisciplinary nature of the journal.
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