The results of the seventh national population census show that the proportion of the population aged 60 and above in China is 18.7%,and the proportion of the population aged 65 and above is 13.5%,gradually entering a stage of deep aging.Therefore,actively addressing population aging has become an urgent task for sustainable development of the entire society.In addition,with the diversified demand for urban and rural elderly care generated in the new development stage,the problem of inadequate allocation of existing urban and rural elderly care service facilities is prominent.In 2021,the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Proposal of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 14 th Five Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Long Range Objectives for 2035",which first proposed the "Implementation of the National Strategy for Actively Responding to Population Aging",requiring the formulation of a long-term population development strategy and the establishment and improvement of a basic elderly care service system.Based on the current trend of rural elderly care,migratory bird style elderly care,and group elderly care,villages and towns around metropolitan areas,especially those with superior ecological background,transportation environment,industrial foundation,and facility conditions,serve as the basic elderly care needs and leisure health needs of urban and rural elderly populations.Reasonable and efficient allocation of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns is a key measure to promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas in metropolitan areas.On the basis of a comprehensive understanding of the number,types,and spatial distribution characteristics of the elderly care service facility system in Xi’an,combined with relevant planning,ecological environment endowment,and location and transportation advantages,this study selects the future health and leisure area of the Xi’an metropolis,namely the Bailuyuan Checun area,as the research object.First of all,from the perspective of facility demand,taking families as the basic unit,and adopting research methods such as field research,questionnaire survey,home interviews,etc.,this paper explores the characteristics of the behavior and activities of the elderly population in urban and rural "elderly families" by type and level,and explores the similarities and differences of the elderly care needs of urban and rural "elderly families" from the perspective of elderly care service methods and content.Secondly,from the perspective of facility supply,using POI big data and ArcGIS spatial analysis tools,SPSS mathematical statistics tools,the number,type and spatial distribution characteristics of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns in Checun District are systematically identified,revealing the role functions,configuration mechanisms and existing difficulties of different supply entities "government+market+other entities".Finally,based on the perspective of supply and demand balance,analyze the supply-demand contradiction in the current configuration of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns.Combining the goal orientation of systematization,service equalization,supplydemand matching,and spatial justice,explore the system construction and configuration standards of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns,and propose a planning framework for the configuration of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns.Taking the Checun area of Bailuyuan as the empirical research object,this paper explores scientific,feasible and appropriate strategies for the allocation and planning of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns,and then summarizes and integrates them into a relatively complete set of guidelines for the allocation and location of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns around the metropolitan area.The main conclusion of this study is to clarify the behavioral characteristics and elderly care needs of the elderly population in urban and rural elderly care families at present and in the future,reveal the facility configuration mechanism of the main providers of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns,based on the value orientation of fairness and efficiency and the goal structure of supply and demand balance,propose a planning framework for the construction and facility configuration of elderly care service facilities in villages and towns around metropolitan areas,and promote the achievement of the goals of livability,industry,tourism,and beautiful rural development,Provide certain theoretical methods and practical experience references for the urban and rural elderly care service system and practical village planning in Shaanxi Province. |