Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline
Abstract Amidst global demographic shifts, China’s negative population growth since 2022 underscores the urgent need for population-adaptive public service equilibrium. This study assesses the coupling coordination degrees between population and public service (P-PS CCD) across 1733 Chinese counties...
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description | Abstract Amidst global demographic shifts, China’s negative population growth since 2022 underscores the urgent need for population-adaptive public service equilibrium. This study assesses the coupling coordination degrees between population and public service (P-PS CCD) across 1733 Chinese counties for the years 2000, 2010, and 2020, employing the Geographical Detector Model (GDM) to examine influencing factors. The findings reveal consistently low P-PS CCD levels, indicating a delayed response of public service systems to population trends and significant spatial disparities influenced substantially by administrative factors. This research offers valuable insights for countries and regions experiencing or about to experience similar population changes. |
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spelling | doaj-art-2c011a39accd44728308ab8c140b46292025-01-05T12:11:34ZengSpringer NatureHumanities & Social Sciences Communications2662-99922024-12-0111111510.1057/s41599-024-04311-8Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population declineXiaomei Li0Jing Zhu1Jiangjun Wan2Ziming Wang3School of Public Administration, Sichuan UniversitySchool of Public Administration, Sichuan UniversitySchool of Architecture and Urban–Rural Planning, Sichuan Agricultural UniversitySchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing UniversityAbstract Amidst global demographic shifts, China’s negative population growth since 2022 underscores the urgent need for population-adaptive public service equilibrium. This study assesses the coupling coordination degrees between population and public service (P-PS CCD) across 1733 Chinese counties for the years 2000, 2010, and 2020, employing the Geographical Detector Model (GDM) to examine influencing factors. The findings reveal consistently low P-PS CCD levels, indicating a delayed response of public service systems to population trends and significant spatial disparities influenced substantially by administrative factors. This research offers valuable insights for countries and regions experiencing or about to experience similar population changes.https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04311-8 |
spellingShingle | Xiaomei Li Jing Zhu Jiangjun Wan Ziming Wang Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline Humanities & Social Sciences Communications |
title | Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
title_full | Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
title_fullStr | Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
title_full_unstemmed | Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
title_short | Equilibrium in adversity: balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
title_sort | equilibrium in adversity balancing public service supply and demand during population decline |
url | https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04311-8 |
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