Spatial Distribution of the Enterprises and Living Quanlity of the Employees in the context of Urbanization
Received date: 2012-01-09
Request revised date: 2012-04-13
Online published: 2012-11-20
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Taking the relocated enterprises in Dalian as the object, this article focuses on the spatial distribution of the enterprises and the living qualityof the employees in the context of urbanization. The changes of the spatial distribution of the enterprises before and after the relocation are analyzed firstly, including the distance from the city center and their mutual dispersion degree. Moreover, the relocation intensity and the cost changes of transportation, commuting as well as business trips are calculated based on the main relocation directions. Furthermore, through a questionnaire survey, the willingness of the residential relocation of the employees is analyzed, and the main factors influencing their determination of residential relocation are identified. Finally, the changes of the commuting trips, including the modal split, the expenses, the time, etc. are explored. And then, the reduced free time and the affected living quality of the employees are studied. Main conclusions are as follows. Firstly, the patterns of the spatial distribution are greatly different between the enterprises before and after the relocation. The enterprises are distributed in a sparsely scattered tendency after the relocation. Since the urban space is largely extended, there is a sharp surge in the various costs such as the transportation, the commuting and the business trips. Secondly, only about 4% of the employees move to their new residences near the new locations. The reason for the remaining 96% of the employees not willing to relocate lies in the poor accessibility and the education condition. If the conditions surrounding the new sites meet the requirements, these employees may move to the new sites. Thirdly, the home-work separation of the employees after the relocation deteriorates and the commuting accessibility changes significantly. Nearly two hours of the daily free time has been wasted for the long distance of commuting, and thus the living quality of the employees has been affected seriously.
Key words: urbanization; industrial relocation; living quality; commuting trip; free time
WU Shan-hua , YANG Zhong-zhen , WANG Lu . Spatial Distribution of the Enterprises and Living Quanlity of the Employees in the context of Urbanization[J]. SCIENTIA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA, 2012 , 32(11) : 1328 -1334 . DOI: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.2012.011.1328
Fig. 1 Spatial distribution of 29 enterprises before and after the relocation图1 29家单位搬迁前后的空间分布 |
Table 1 Distance indicators before and after the relocation表1 搬迁前后两两单位间的距离指标 |
搬迁前 | 搬迁后 | |
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范围(km) | [0.089, 10.940] | [0.164, 87.296] |
平均值(km) | 3.828 | 23.766 |
标准差(km) | 2.253 | 17.589 |
变异系数(%) | 58.9 | 74.0 |
分布密度 (km/km2) | 0.445 | 2.018 |
Table 2 The relocation characteristics of the enterprises表2 企事业单位搬迁特征 |
原材料、产成品 运输成本变化 | 员工通勤、业务 交通成本变化 | 平均搬迁强度 (人·km) | |
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东北方向 | +443.31% | +567.84% | 127 128 |
西北方向 | +279.40% | +322.42% | 25 118 |
西南方向 | +393.85% | +498.86% | 41 991 |
平均值 | +372.19% | +463.04% | 64 746 |
注:表中正号表示增加,后面的数字表示成本增加的幅度。 |
Fig. 2 Modal split of commuting trips before and after the relocation of the enterprises图2 雇用单位搬迁前后员工通勤出行的方式分担情况 |
Fig. 3 Cumulative proportion of employees leaving from (a) or arriving home (b) at each time图3 各时刻离家人数和回家人数占总人数的累积比例 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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