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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018 Background The two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method, which is one of the most widely used methods for measuring healthcare spatial accessibility, defines the catchment area of each facility as the area within a certain distance from the ...
Zhuolin Tao +3 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-InformationThe creation of child-friendly communities has become a key goal in sustainable global development. However, South Korea continues to experience a shortage of childcare facilities, resulting in gaps in the public care system and a growing reliance on private educational resources.
Sunju Kang, Gunwon Lee
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Advances in Military TechnologyTwo-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) indices serve to measure accessibility in a geographical area. They were developed mainly to investigate the distribution of medical resources to civilians. Recently, the 2SFCA methodology was introduced to a militarybackground where accessibility of field hospitals along a frontline is considered.
Jan Jekl, Jiří Jánský
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Space as mirror: analyzing the spatial justice of the planning practice of shared ownership housing in Shanghai, China [PDF]
, 2023 Justice is a basic and classic theme. Compared with its meaningful connotations in sociology, economics, and legal disciplines, the spatial dimension of justice lacks sufficient attention and exploration. Can we define space as (un)just?
Zhang, Lina
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Exploring Food Accessibility and Social Vulnerability in Atlanta, Georgia [PDF]
, 2023 The current study offers an in-depth spatial analysis of food accessibility and social vulnerability in the City of Atlanta, GA. We used the Two-Step Floating Catchment (2SFCA) methodology to develop a food accessibility index (FAI) and combined that ...
Plachkinova, Miloslava +3 more
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Locating Emergency Shelters While Incorporating Spatial Factors [PDF]
, 2020 In the immediate response phase of a natural disaster, local governments and nonprofit agencies often establish shelters for affected populations.
Taylor, Justin
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An Agent-Based Modeling Approach to Spatial Accessibility [PDF]
, 2023 Place-based spatial accessibility represents the ability of populations within geographic units to access goods and services, and thus is an important indicator for sustainable development. Existing spatial accessibility models treat population as simply
Michels, Alexander C, Wang, Shaowen
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Measuring urban thermal environment from accessibility-based perspective : A case study in a populous city [PDF]
Understanding the spatial interaction among residents, cooling service, and heat risk area in complex urban areas is conducive to developing targeted management. However, traditional urban thermal environment assessments typically relied on simple linear
Dong, Xinyu +5 more
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International Journal of Digital EarthThe accessibility of emergency shelters is crucial for reducing casualties. Previous studies on the accessibility of emergency shelters have limitations in the refinement and comprehensiveness of supply and demand data.
Yongyang Xu, Chiyu Zhou, Bin Hu
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Measuring Spatial Accessibility of Water Points in Dodoma City Council: Adaptation of the Two-step Floating Catchment Area Method [PDF]
Context and backgroundConventional methods for measuring water point accessibility based on threshold demand or distance, result in uniform indices that may be inflated/deflated at different dwelling places within administrative units.Goal and Objectives:
Mahuve, Frank Edward +1 more
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