Highlights Explore spatial patterns and determinants of on-demand food delivery (ODFD) usage. Use auxiliary datasets and prior knowledge to downscale ODFD usage to 100-m grids. ODFD usage largely concentrates in more urbanised areas, especially city centres. Food accessibility and built environment are critical determinants of ODFD usage. Several factors’ impact magnitudes differ between more and less urbanised areas.
Abstract On-demand food delivery (ODFD) services now produce many motorised trips in Chinese cities that raises environmental concerns. It is therefore crucial to understand where people use ODFD and what factors influence their usage. This paper explores the spatial patterns and determinants of ODFD usage in Shenzhen, China, focusing on the roles of food accessibility and the built environment. The results show that ODFD usage concentrates in more urbanised areas, especially city centres and sub-centres. Furthermore, more ODFD orders are generated in areas with lower food accessibility by walking and higher food accessibility by cycling, as well as in areas with higher population density, lower point of interest (POI) density, lower intersection density, higher street density, higher land use mix, higher percentage of land used for urban residences and commerce, and lower percentage of land used for rural residences, industries, and green space. These findings provide evidence-based implications for ODFD regulation.
Impacts of food accessibility and built environment on on-demand food delivery usage
2021-01-01
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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