Research Article

Exploring the Spatial Impact of Multisource Data on Urban Vitality: A Causal Machine Learning Method

Table 1

Variable name and variable description.

Variable nameVariable description

Building areaTotal floor area of the administrative district (10,000 square meters)
Population densityTotal population of the administrative district/total floor area (people/km2)
Land use
Factory area shareFactory floor area/total floor area of the district
Area share of science and education zoneSchool floor area/total floor area of the district
Share of office floor spaceOffice building floor area/total floor area of the district
Share of shopping areaFloor area of the mall/gross floor area of the district
Share of medical areaHospital floor area/gross floor area of the district
Share of accommodation areaHotel floor area/gross floor area of the district
Area share of film and theater areaTheatre floor area/total floor area of the district
Share of park areaPark floor area/gross floor area of the district
POI
Food service densityNumber of restaurant POIs/total restaurant POIs
Science and education service densityNumber of science and education service POIs/total Edu POIs
Health service densityNumber of health service POIs/total number of health POIs
Life service densityLife service POI volume/total life POI volume
Density of scenic spotsNumber of scenic POI/number of scenic POI
Transportation densityNumber of transportation POIs/total number of transportation POIs