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Journal of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (2): 186-198.DOI: 10.7523/j.ucas.2023.059

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Medical accessibility of affordable housing and commercial housing in Xiamen from the perspective of equity

LIU Wenhui1,2, ZHANG Guoqin1,2, WANG Yang3   

  1. 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences/Xiamen Key Laboratory of Smart Management of Urban Environment, Xiamen 361021, Fujian, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
    3. Institute of Advanced Computing and Digital Engineering, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, Guangdong, China
  • Received:2023-02-02 Revised:2023-05-18

Abstract: The rational planning and equitable allocation of medical facilities are closely related to public health and social justice. This paper takes Xiamen as an example and combines real-time traffic data from Baidu Maps to measure the medical accessibility of affordable housing and commercial housing by driving and public transportation, and explores the spatial equity of medical services for different housing groups by analyzing the differences in accessibility between the two types of housing and their characteristics under different zoning and transportation modes in the city. The results indicate that: 1) Compared with commercial housing, affordable housing is more disadvantaged in terms of site selection and the construction of supporting medical facilities in the surrounding area; 2) Regardless of the travel mode and regional scale, the accessibility of affordable housing is lower than that of commercial housing, and the spatial inequity between the two is more obvious in the peripheral urban areas and when using public transportation; 3) Even in the core urban areas where medical facilities are adequate, the accessibility of housing is better, and the spatial equity of medical care is better by car, the spatial inequity of medical services exists when using public transportation. The results of the study reflect the uneven and biased spatial allocation of medical facilities among different housing types in Xiamen, and also show the lower spatial equity of medical services faced by people living in affordable housing in the peripheral urban areas and are more dependent on public transportation. The relevant government departments should focus on strengthening the construction of medical facilities around affordable housing in the peripheral urban areas, and pay attention to the construction of the public transportation system around affordable housing. In addition, when planning new affordable housing in the future, the fairness of site selection should be emphasized, and the planning of public service facilities should be done at the same time to put the concept of social equity into practice in planning.

Key words: affordable housing, commercial housing, medical accessibility, public transportation, spatial equity

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