Supply–Demand Imbalance in School Land: An Eigenvector Spatial Filtering Approach

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Reviewer 2 Report

 

The spatial flows of school-age children and educational resources have been driven by such factors as regional differences in population migration and uneven development of education quality and living standards of residents in urban and rural areas. This phenomenon further leads to a supply–demand imbalance between the area of school land and its number of school-age children in the geographical location of China. In this research, using primary-school land as an example, a spatial data analysis procedure in identifying the driving factors of the supply–demand imbalance of school land is newly developed using an eigenvector spatial filtering approach. To verify the performance of the technique, it was applied to a county in the south-west of Shandong Province, China. The research results are of great significance for decision makers to formulate sustainable school land allocation plans. However, there are still some shortcomings in the paper. The specific suggestions are as follows:

1. It is suggested to elaborate the arrangement of the following paragraphs in the last paragraph of the introduction to enhance the logic and readability of the article.

2. Table 1 makes statistics on the existing literature, but why the statistical objects only involve 10 papers.

3. The current discussion part is too simple and needs to be further enriched. This part can explain the reasons for the research results, and can also compare the research results with similar studies. Of course, it is also necessary to explain the limitations of this study and future prospects.

4. It is suggested that the author add a policy suggestion to provide some improvement measures to solve the practical problems according to the research results.

5. It is recommended that the author carefully examine the article and refine the article to reduce ambiguity, such as the need for more accurate table names.

 

 

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Reviewer 3 Report

The study is very interesting and innovative for the methodology used. It represents a useful tool in planning in China and similar realities.

I suggest improving the introduction. The various concepts are repeatedly expressed, not making it easy to understand the state of the art. In reference to the “school land” theme, it seems useful to illustrate it in more detail in conceptual terms. In the European reality, green spaces belonging to the school are an important aspect for the quality of teaching, such as, for example, open-air classrooms and didactic horticulture. In this perspective, the land used is not only the one occupied by the building. Is this situation present in China? Could it be an interesting aspect, also in the future in China, for the quality of schools?

Account for it in your results or conclusions.

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