The spatial distribution of characteristic towns presents obvious regional characteristics. Exploring the regional characteristics of characteristic towns provides a theoretical basis for optimizing the spatial development pattern and achieving coordinated regional development. This article is based on the data of 62 characteristic towns in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and uses ARCGIS average nearest neighbor index, Voronoi map, geographic concentration index, and kernel density analysis to conduct a study on the spatial distribution pattern and influencing factors of characteristic towns. The results show that the distribution of characteristic towns in Guangxi is uneven, showing a distribution pattern with different models, but in a concentrated distribution trend, with a greater number in northern Guangxi than in southern Guangxi, among them, there are many and scattered characteristic towns in the northern Guangxi region, and the degree of cohesion is not high, showing a phenomenon of clustering from northwest to southeast as a whole. The spatial distribution of characteristic towns is influenced by factors such as characteristic industries, terrain, transportation network, and tourism resources. Therefore, it is necessary to explore industrial characteristics, improve transportation network, and pay attention to ecological civilization, in order to optimize the spatial distribution pattern of characteristic towns in Guangxi.

Wang Yilin, Luo Lijuan. Analysis of spatial distribution and influencing factors of characteristic towns in Guangxi based on ArcGIS. Academic Journal of Business & Management (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 23: 85-90. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJBM.2023.052313.

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