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A systematic evaluation of accessibility measures by the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method [PDF]
Abstracts of the ICA, 2019 Abstract. Accessibility, as an important theme in geospatial science, measures the potential of interaction between geographic entities. Originated in Hansen’s (1959) empirical model for land use planning, place-based accessibility becomes an integrated assessment of urban settlements in relation to social services and opportunities, such as employment,
Chen, Xiang, Jia, Pengfei
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Research on the Emergency Shelter Accessibility in Urban Communities [PDF]
Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response (JRACR), 2017 The reasonable planning of emergency shelter in urban communities is one of the important means of disaster prevention. Using the improved Two-Step floating catchment area method and GIS, this paper analyzes the accessibility of emergency shelter in ...
Bo Tang +5 more
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Redai diliIn China, the equal accessibility of social infrastructure, especially public housing and healthcare, has become a prominent concern in solving the problems of rapid but uneven growth-oriented urbanization in the post-reform era.
Hu Lirong, He Shenjing, Su Shiliang
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Multiscale Analysis of Spatial Accessibility to Acute Hospitals in Carinthia, Austria
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2023 Health care accessibility studies are well established in the US but lacking in Austria, even though both experience high costs and have hospital care as the largest contributor to health care spending.
Changzhen Wang +2 more
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Inequalities in Spatial Accessibility of Childcare: The Role of Non-profit Providers [PDF]
, 2021 Equal access to childcare services is a key concern of childcare policy. This article analyses social inequalities in the availability of such services.
Pennerstorfer, Astrid +1 more
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Accessibility analysis and optimization strategy of urban green space in Qingdao City Center, China
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Rapid urbanization in China results in an uneven distribution of Urban Green Space (UGS) resources. This study aims to provide a scientific basis for optimizing the layout of UGS during the urban renewal process.
Kai Xue, Kepeng Yu, Hang Zhang
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An Improved Two-Step Floating Catchment Area Method for Evaluating Spatial Accessibility to Urban Emergency Shelters [PDF]
Sustainability, 2018 As an important component of urban disaster prevention and mitigation systems, the balance and equity of emergency shelter distribution can be measured based on spatial accessibility utilizing the two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method. However, there are some issues in previous studies on emergency shelter accessibility evaluated by the 2SFCA
Zhu, Xiaomeng +5 more
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Sustainability, 2022 Accessibility is an important index for evaluating the efficiency of rail stations. In view of the imbalance between the supply and demand of rail station settings and population distribution, this paper takes the Shijingshan District in Beijing as an example.
Daoyong Li, Hengyi Zang, Qilin He
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THE FUNCTIONING OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOMS IN THE ŁÓDŹ REGION IN THE LIGHT OF SPATIAL ANALYSIS [PDF]
Modern Management Review, 2017 The article is devoted to analysis of the matching arrangement and the size of the individual hospital emergency rooms located in the Łódź region to diversify the region's population distribution in terms of municipal level. The data source for the above
Marta BOROWSKA-STEFAŃSKA +2 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 The measurement of spatial accessibility of fire services is a key task in enhancing fire response efficiency and minimizing property losses and deaths.
Kainan Mao +5 more
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