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Revisiting Accessibility to Amenities: Equity Implications From Comparing Cumulative Opportunity Measure and Two‐Step Floating Catchment Area Method

open access: yesIET Intelligent Transport Systems, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/December 2026.
We compared the results of the accessibility and equity by using the cumulative opportunity measure and two‐step floating catchment area method (2SFCA). We explored the similarities and differences between the two methods in 12 different scenarios including two transportation modes and six key urban services.
Yue Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Spatial Accessibility Study of Public Hospitals: A Multi-Mode Gravity-Based Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method

open access: yesApplied Sciences
The multi-modal two-step floating catchment area (MM-2SFCA) method is an extension of the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method that incorporates the impact of different transportation modes, thereby facilitating more accurate calculations of ...
Shijie Sun   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating spatial and social inequality by using GIS to analyze the catchment area and capacity of preschools in Ghent, Belgium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The growing popularity of the city as a qualitative living environment has an explicit and distinct impact on all regional cities in Flanders (Belgium).
De Maeyer, Philippe   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Influencing Primary Healthcare System in the Achievement of Universal Health Coverage in the WHO‐AFRO Region: An Integrative Review

open access: yesPublic Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2025.
Of the 26 studies included in the review, six interconnected themes captured the factors influencing the PHC system in the achievement of UHC: physical access to critical services, availability of resources, sociodemographic and cultural factors, access to data and health information, legislation and policy and quality of care.
Emmanuel O. Adesuyi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geospatial Visualization of Dialysis Accessibility in Shiraz: A Nonanalytical Geographic Information System Approach

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a substantial global health challenge, contributing to increased morbidity and mortality, diminished quality of life, and escalating healthcare expenditures. Despite advancements in nephrology and dialysis technologies, disparities in hemodialysis (HD) accessibility remain prevalent ...
Peyman Ghahramani   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analyzing patterns of accessibility to schools: A gravitational metrics study in València

open access: yesAIMS Mathematics
A gravity-based accessibility metric, the Two-Step Floating Catchment Area (2SFCA) enhanced with gaussian smoothing, is proposed to clarify the distribution of opportunities for compulsory education.
Aida Villalba   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial accessibility to healthcare services in Shenzhen, China: improving the multi-modal two-step floating catchment area method by estimating travel time via online map APIs

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2018
Background Shenzhen has rapidly grown into a megacity in the recent decades. It is a challenging task for the Shenzhen government to provide sufficient healthcare services.
Zhuolin Tao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Food Pantry Accessibility in Washington County, Arkansas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Food pantries are an essential resource for impoverished and food insecure communities. Washington County, Arkansas has a food insecurity rate of 14.3% as compared to the national average of 10.9% (Feeding America, 2019). The Northwest Arkansas Food Bank
Warren, Coleman
core   +1 more source

Evaluation and Spatial Optimization Model of Urban Medical Resource Distribution Considering Equity and Efficiency

open access: yesTransactions in GIS, Volume 29, Issue 5, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The rapidly increasing demand for medical resources in accelerating urbanization countries is facing the challenge of unequal resource distribution. Despite numerous studies on the siting of medical resources aimed at improving public accessibility and efficiency to these resources, there is comparatively less research focusing on the equity ...
Yao Yao   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond proximity: A review and framework to further understanding of greenspace accessibility in the x‐minute city

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 7, Page 1491-1504, July 2025.
Abstract Urban greenspaces are crucial for public health, climate resilience and community well‐being, yet there are inequalities in accessibility in cities across the world. The ‘x‐minute city’ framework has been proposed as a potential solution, proposing that essential services and amenities—including greenspace—should be accessible within a short ...
Andrew Schendl   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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