Changes in the accessibility of urban catering spaces due to the emergence and evolution of the Online-to-Offline food delivery business

IF 8.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-10 DOI:10.1016/j.habitatint.2026.103713

Chuyi Tan , Meng Bian , Teng Fei

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Abstract

Recently, O2O(Online-to-Offline) giants have put drone delivery technology into trial operation, which has the advantages of being fast, cost-effective, and human contact-free. It is predictable that in the near future, the widespread of drone delivery will further change the current spatial layout of take-out accessibility. This study adopts the Gaussian Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) method to evaluate the urban dining resource accessibility under different categories and calculates total accessibility scores under dine-in, O2O delivery with e-bikes, and drone delivery patterns. A differential analysis was conducted to explore the dynamics of dining accessibility enhancement and diminution. The gridded population is regarded as the demander while gridded restaurant location points are regarded as suppliers. The method was deployed in a case study in 6 major districts of Chengdu, China. The findings disclose that (1) the total food and beverage accessibility scores of demand points under the electric vehicle delivery take-out model are unevenly distributed within the study area. Compared with walk-in dining mode, the spatial distribution of dining resource accessibility of O2O delivery with e-bikes has been greatly smoothed. (2) The future ubiquity of drone delivery in urban contexts is poised to not only enhance the accessibility of takeaway resources for a majority of demand points but also mitigate existing disparities in accessibility. This is evidenced by a projected reduction in the Gini coefficient from 0.77 to 0.66, heralding a future where expedient and fresh takeaway food is universally attainable. The insights gleaned from this study hold practical implications for scholars and policymakers in analogous contexts and regions.

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线上到线下外卖业务的出现和发展导致城市餐饮空间可达性的变化

最近，O2O（Online-to-Offline）巨头已经将无人机送货技术投入试运行，这种技术具有快速，成本效益高，无需人工接触的优点。可以预见，在不久的将来，无人机配送的普及将进一步改变目前外卖可达性的空间布局。本研究采用高斯两步浮动集水区法（2SFCA）对不同类别下的城市餐饮资源可达性进行评价，并计算入餐模式、电动自行车O2O外卖模式和无人机外卖模式下的总可达性得分。通过差异分析，探讨餐饮可达性增强和减弱的动态变化。将网格化的人口视为需求者，将网格化的餐厅位置点视为供给者。该方法在中国成都市6个主要地区进行了案例研究。研究发现：(1)电动汽车外卖模式下需求点餐饮可达性总分在研究区域内分布不均匀。与步入式用餐模式相比，电动自行车O2O外卖餐饮资源可达性的空间分布得到了极大的平滑。(2)未来无人机配送在城市环境中的无处不在，不仅可以提高大多数需求点外卖资源的可及性，还可以缓解现有的可及性差距。预计基尼系数将从0.77降至0.66，这就证明了这一点，预示着方便和新鲜的外卖食品将在未来随处可见。从本研究中收集的见解对类似背景和地区的学者和政策制定者具有实际意义。

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Habitat International Multiple-

CiteScore

10.50

自引率

10.30%

发文量

151

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions.