An exploratory spatial analysis of western medical services in Republican Beijing

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• 作者：Peiyao  ; Zhang^a ; David W.  ; Wong^b ; Billy K.L.  ; So^c ; Hui  ; Lin^a ;   ; ^{huilin@cuhk.edu.hk}[Author vitae]
• 关键词：Historical GIS ; Spatial analysis ; Western medical services ; Republican Beijing
• 刊名：Applied Geography
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：March 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：32
• 期：2
• 页码：556-565
• 全文大小：942 K

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In this paper, we reconstructed the spatial organization of Western medical services in Beijing city during the Republican period using a recently completed Republican Beijing GIS dataset. The primary objective is to explore the utility of spatial analytical methods, such as hotspot analysis and geographically weighted regression (GWR), in studying the spatial patterns of Western medical services. Our study is successful in depicting the spatial structure of Western medical services in the city. In addition, our analysis offers a preliminary but holistic view of the spatial relationships between Western medical services in the city and traditional Chinese medicine, population distribution, temple locations and industry-commerce patterns.