Journal articles: 'Indicators of accessibility'

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Ratkaj, Ivan, Marija Martinovic, and Misko Milanovic. "Modern indicators of transport accessibility." Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 85, no. 1 (2005): 199–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/gsgd0501199r.

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Adequate uses of indicators of transport accessibility, as quantitative measures, allow us to move spatial interactions analysis from theoretical to practical level. Aggregate indicators of transport accessibility of places dominate in the research studies, although the indicators of individual accessibility are taking considerable place in the last few decades. The most types of indicators of transport accessibility of places are presented in this article, as well as their characteristics, possibilities for application, advantages and weaknesses.

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Páez, Antonio, Darren M. Scott, and Catherine Morency. "Measuring accessibility: positive and normative implementations of various accessibility indicators." Journal of Transport Geography 25 (November 2012): 141–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.03.016.

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AL-hussaini, Zahraa Imad Hussain, and Shaimaa Hussain Hameed Al-ahbabi. "Accessibility indicators from a gender perspective." IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 737 (March 6, 2020): 012213. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/737/1/012213.

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Cartenì, Armando. "Accessibility Indicators for Freight Transport Terminals." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 39, no. 11 (August 31, 2014): 7647–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13369-014-1333-y.

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Brussel, Mark, Mark Zuidgeest, Karin Pfeffer, and Martin van Maarseveen. "Access or Accessibility? A Critique of the Urban Transport SDG Indicator." ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 8, no. 2 (January 30, 2019): 67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8020067.

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Progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is being evaluated through the use of indicators. Despite the importance of these indicators, the academic community has done little in terms of a critical reflection on their choice, relevance, framing and operationalization. This holds for many SDG domains, also for the urban sector domain of target 11. To partially address this void, we aim to critically review the UN methodology for the urban access indicator, SDG indicator 11.2. In discussing its conceptual framing against the background of paradigm shifts in transportation planning, we argue that this indicator has a number of shortcomings. The most important one is that it is supply oriented and measures access to transportation infrastructure, rather than accessibility to activity locations. As an alternative, we develop two accessibility indicators that show substantial variation in accessibility across geographical areas. We implement all indicators for the city of Bogotá in Colombia, using a geo-information based approach. Our results show that SDG indicator 11.2 fails to represent the transport reality well. Its supply oriented focus neglects transport demand, oversimplifies the transport system and hides existing inequalities. Moreover, it does not provide useful evidence for targeting new interventions. The proposed accessibility indicators provide a more diverse, complete and realistic picture of the performance of the transport system. These indicators also capture the large spatial and socio-economic inequalities and can help to target improvements in urban transportation.

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Ringenson, Tina, Peter Arnfalk, Anna Kramers, and Liridona Sopjani. "Indicators for Promising Accessibility and Mobility Services." Sustainability 10, no. 8 (August 9, 2018): 2836. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082836.

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Cities are increasingly facing major transportation challenges, and new sustainable solutions are needed. New ICT-enabled services can be part of solving the problems, including both improving and finding new transportation services and providing digital access to different services. It is important to identify which services have the best potential for environmental benefits (e.g., travel reduction leading to lesser emissions), economic viability and spread. Such identification can be carried out with the help of indicators. This article uses four types of new accessibility services to test out a previously formulated set of indicators and suggest changes to make them more useful. Using common indicators for transportation and digital accessibility services seem to support collecting and condensing information about the services and simplifies understanding their benefits and challenges. However, a challenge for this approach is finding indicators that are both specific and broad enough to be useful.

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Chen, Yali, Srinath Ravulaparthy, Kathleen Deutsch, Pamela Dalal, Seo Youn Yoon, Ting Lei, Konstadinos G. Goulias, Ram M. Pendyala, Chandra R. Bhat, and Hsi-Hwa Hu. "Development of Indicators of Opportunity-Based Accessibility." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2255, no. 1 (January 2011): 58–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2255-07.

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Caschili, Simone, Andrea De Montis, and Daniele Trogu. "Accessibility and rurality indicators for regional development." Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 49 (January 2015): 98–114. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2014.05.005.

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Ibarra-Rojas, O. J., L. Ozuna, and D. López-Piñón. "The maximal covering location problem with accessibility indicators." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 71 (September 2020): 100758. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2019.100758.

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Willigers, Jasper, Han Floor, and Bert van Wee. "Accessibility Indicators for Location Choices of Offices: An Application to the Intraregional Distributive Effects of High-Speed Rail in the Netherlands." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 39, no. 9 (September 2007): 2086–898. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a3913.

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Accessibility is often seen to be an important determinant of the location of economic activities. This paper focuses on the specification of accessibility indicators for modelling the location choices of offices, with particular application to the upcoming implementation of a high-speed railway line in the Netherlands. Potential accessibility indicators are formulated, whereby attention is given to the shape of the impedance function and to the role of competitive transport modes in a transport mode's accessibility effect. These indicators are then tested in a discrete choice model on the location of office employment. Finally the accessibility indicators are used to explore the effects of the upcoming domestic high-speed train services in the Netherlands. The analyses show that a Box–Cox impedance function performs best for this application and significantly better than the exponential and power functions. The derived potential accessibility indicators have much explanatory capability for location attractiveness at a regional level, but at an intraregional level connectivity measures become more influential. Finally, it has been found that the accessibility effect of the future high-speed train connection is larger for business travel than for commuting, the value of time of travellers being a dominant factor.

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Martínez, Marcela, Carolina Rojas, Ana Condeço-Melhorado, and Juan Antonio Carrasco. "Accessibility Indicators for the Geographical Assessment of Transport Planning in a Latin American Metropolitan Area." Geographies 1, no. 2 (September 2, 2021): 124–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geographies1020008.

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Accessibility represents a key element in strengthening developed regions in terms of investment in transportation infrastructure. Accessibility is also an equity indicator to measure the ease with which a specific location achieves desired outcomes as well as the spillover effect; traditionally, these effects have been analyzed with econometric and engineering techniques, rather than from the perspective of geographical studies. The purpose of this research is to measure the spillover effects and the territorial cohesion of Infrastructure Regional Planning (PRI) for the Latin American metropolitan area of Concepción (MAC), Chile. To meet this purpose, locational and network efficiency indicators of spatial accessibility were calculated using network analysis in GIS. The results showed that the improvements differ according to the accessibility indicator employed; however, they generally showed benefits in consolidated urban centers and corridors near investment and industrial areas. In contrast, more distant and rural areas presented limited and irregular benefits.

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Gutiérrez, J., A. Monzón, and J. M. Piñero. "Accessibility, Network Efficiency, and Transport Infrastructure Planning." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 30, no. 8 (August 1998): 1337–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a301337.

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Most accessibility measures reported in the literature do not meet certain requirements of transport planners, as the results offered by these indicators are heavily influenced by the geographic location of the places. Peripheral locations invariably figure as being of low accessibility and consequently as possible receptors for new investments, even though they may already have a very good provision of transport infrastructure. In this paper an accessibility indicator is formulated that neutralizes the effect of geographic location. To this end, the customary notion of distance (length, time, or costs) is substituted by another which expresses the ease of access in terms of network efficiency. This indicator can be useful to assist decisions to invest in transport networks, as it is more sensitive than the potential model to the transport infrastructure needs of each individual region. It has been tested by application to the current Spanish Infrastructure Master Plan.

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Nutley, Stephen. "Indicators of transport and accessibility problems in rural Australia." Journal of Transport Geography 11, no. 1 (March 2003): 55–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0966-6923(02)00052-2.

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Gonzalez-Feliu, Jesus, Laura Palacios-Argüello, and Carlos Suarez-Nuñez. "Links between freight trip generation rates, accessibility and socio-demographic variables in urban zones." Archives of Transport 53, no. 1 (April 30, 2020): 7–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.1738.

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This paper proposes an assessment of the links between freight trip generation (FTG) rates and accessibility. First, the paper overviews the background, sets the context and motivates the research. Second, it presents the proposed methodology, which combines an FTG model, two accessibility indicators and a linear regression analysis to assess the relationships between freight trip demand and a set of socio-demographic variables including accessibility. The FTG modelling framework, adapted from previous works, allows estimating the number of freight trips with a small amount of standard data, even when no surveyed data is available. The two gravity accessibility indexes, one potential and one exponential, are defined in the continuity of recent freight accessibility works. To those indicators, a set of socio-demographic variables, including population, area or a zone (or density), are introduced. The relationships between FTG and all those variables are assessed via standard linear regression methods completed by the verification of the corresponding linear relationship hypotheses. Third, the framework is applied to the urban area of Lyon (France), where no urban goods survey data is available. Results show that potential accessibility seems to have a better correlation to FTG and could be a good decision support indicator when combined with the population as an explanatory variable. The population can be added to accessibility as an explanatory variable, the resulting models with two variables have a slightly lower accuracy but remains close to that of models with only accessibility as an explanatory variable. This work remains exploratory and finishes by proposing practical implications and further development lines.

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Ušpalytė-Vitkūnienė, Rasa, and Marija Burinskienė. "ANALYSIS OF THE DYNAMICS OF WALKING DISTANCES TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT ROUTES AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HOUSING PRICES." JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT 12, no. 3 (September 30, 2006): 261–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/13923730.2006.9636401.

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Accessible public transport system is an essential indicator that guarantees equal travelling opportunities for all people. Scientific research has revealed that poor accessibility to public transport mostly affects low‐income people and the elderly. People from these groups have fewer opportunities to reach education institutions, working places, or health institutions. Access to public transport routes is among public transport indicators that are important for these social groups of people. An analysis reveals that during the last six years, from 1998 to 2004, access to public transport increased on average by 1,28 % in the district area. The analysed indicators of population density, working density, ratio of built up territories and green areas, accessibility of the public transport, density of routes in the area in question, and the distance to the centre revealed that the accessibility to public transport also has a significant influence on the price of housing, especifically for the above social group.

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Fan, Jing, Ye Li, Yu Zhang, Xiao Luo, and Changxi Ma. "Connectivity and Accessibility of the Railway Network in China: Guidance for Spatial Balanced Development." Sustainability 11, no. 24 (December 11, 2019): 7099. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11247099.

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Good connectivity and accessibility help to enhance the competitiveness of regions and countries. This research provides a detailed analysis of the connectivity and accessibility of the Chinese railway network. The studied period starts in 1949 and ends in 2017. The research scope covers the railway system of the entire country (except Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao). Instead of focusing on main cities as research objects, this paper provides more detailed insights by using counties as the basic research units. The analysis shows that the achieved connectivity has been increasing continuously over the study period. Four accessibility indicators (temporal location indicator, weighted average travel time, daily accessibility, and potential indicator) provide comprehensive and complementary results, indicating that the most accessible cities and units are located in the southeastern part of the Hu line. In addition, higher economic level, or higher population density, is correlated with higher accessibility. Furthermore, the current network exhibits an unbalanced spatial distribution pattern, with an underdeveloped west. All the indicators show that the accessibility of the northwest and southwest regions is the lowest. Based on these conclusions, regional policy-making suggestions can be made to guide a rational railway network expansion and facilitate the equality and sustainable economic development of regions. The future railway system development is suggested to focus more on enhancing inner and inter-region communication in the west of China and attach importance to poverty-stricken counties in support of balanced regional growth and development. The railway development of the eastern regions needs to focus on optimizing the structure of the network as well as reasonably organizing railway routes.

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Vulevic, Ana. "Accessibility concepts and indicators in transportation strategic planning issues: theoretical framework and literature review." Logistics & Sustainable Transport 7, no. 1 (October 1, 2016): 58–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jlst-2016-0006.

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Abstract Accessibility is a well-known and studied concept within the scientific literature. Good transportation accessibility is certainly an important factor in exploiting spatial potentials. The quality of transportation infrastructure in terms of capacity, travel speed, connectivity etc., determines the quality and advantage of a location relative to other locations, which is usually measured as accessibility. Increasingly overloaded transport corridors, in the context of changing transportation flows are becoming an important issue for accessibility. This Paper gives a very brief overview of which kind of transportation networks and services indicators should be used in relevant documents and in transportation planning practice. This Paper provides a comprehensive overview of the different definitions, dimensions and indicators of accessibility in the literature of those already discovered.

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Huang, Helai, Jialing Wu, Fang Liu, and Yiwei Wang. "Measuring Accessibility Based on Improved Impedance and Attractive Functions Using Taxi Trajectory Data." Sustainability 13, no. 1 (December 24, 2020): 112. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13010112.

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Accessibility has attracted wide interest from urban planners and transportation engineers. It is an important indicator to support the development of sustainable policies for transportation systems in major events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Taxis are a vital travel mode in urban areas that provide door-to-door services for individuals to perform urban activities. This study, with taxi trajectory data, proposes an improved method to evaluate dynamic accessibility depending on traditional location-based measures. A new impedance function is introduced by taking characteristics of the taxi system into account, such as passenger waiting time and the taxi fare rule. An improved attraction function is formulated by considering dynamic availability intensity. Besides, we generate five accessibility scenarios containing different indicators to compare the variation of accessibility. A case study is conducted with the data from Shenzhen, China. The results show that the proposed method found reduced urban accessibility, but with a higher value in southern center areas during the evening peak period due to short passenger waiting time and high destination attractiveness. Each spatio-temporal indicator has an influence on the variation in accessibility.

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Xu, Jiacheng, Jianjun Bai, and Jun Chen. "An Improved Indicator System for Evaluating the Progress of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sub-Target 9.1 in County Level." Sustainability 11, no. 17 (September 2, 2019): 4783. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11174783.

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In order to assess the progress of the SDG sub-target 9.1 at the county level, the SDG indicator 9.1.1 (rural access index) and 9.1.2 (passenger and freight volumes) were implemented in Deqing County, China to explore the fitness-for-purpose of these indicators for county level evaluations. It is found that the country-oriented indicator system has some localization problems and cannot fully reflect the connotation of the SDG sub-target 9.1 when used in the county level. An improved indicator system was built by modifying the SDG indicator 9.1.1 and adding three more indicators (namely the road density, accessibility, and total postal business). The analysis of the calculation process and results showed that the improved indicator system can solve the problems arising from the original SDG indicator when applied in the county level. The modified resident access index can eliminate the dependence of the original indicator 9.1.1 calculations on urban-rural boundary data, and takes into account the urban vulnerable groups such as urban villages residents. While the road density and accessibility can be used to measure the quantity, quality, and connectivity of the road and the reality of the residents to obtain the road, which enables the indicators to reflect the necessary details of the level of the transportation infrastructure construction. The total postal business can help the SDG indicator 9.1.2 reflect the relationship between the transportation infrastructure construction and the development of the economic and people’s livelihood.

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Sanga Lamsari Purba, Leony. "Microsoft teams 365 and online learning: The student’s perception." Jurnal Pendidikan Kimia 13, no. 2 (August 1, 2021): 130–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.24114/jpkim.v13i2.26981.

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This study aims to determine the effectiveness of online learning using Microsoft Teams 365. The entire population in this study was used as a research sample, namely all students of the Chemistry Education study program, Indonesian Christian University, Jakarta. Perception data was collected using a questionnaire with dimensions of understanding the material, appearance and accessibility of Microsoft Teams 365. From the results of data processing, it was found that more than 50% of students' perceptions of Microsoft Teams 365 were good in all indicators of understanding the material and appearance. On the use dimension with connectivity and accessibility indicators more than 50% of students' perceptions of the Microsoft 365 team are good, but on the quota-saving indicator 42% of students do not agree. Keywords: Microsoft teams, E-learning, Cemistry

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Yang, Jun, Xiangyu Luo, Yixiong Xiao, Shaoqing Shen, Mo Su, Yuqi Bai, and Peng Gong. "Comparing the Use of Spatially Explicit Indicators and Conventional Indicators in the Evaluation of Healthy Cities: A Case Study in Shenzhen, China." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 20 (October 12, 2020): 7409. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207409.

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Various indicator systems have been developed to monitor and assess healthy cities. However, few of them contain spatially explicit indicators. In this study, we assessed four health determinants in Shenzhen, China, using both indicators commonly included in healthy city indicator systems and spatially explicit indicators. The spatially explicit indicators were developed using detailed building information or social media data. Our results showed that the evaluation results of districts and sub-districts in Shenzhen based on spatially explicit indicators could be positively, negatively, or not associated with the evaluation results based on conventional indicators. The discrepancy may be caused by the different information contained in the two types of indicators. The spatially explicit indicators measure the quantity of the determinants and the spatial accessibility of these determinants, while the conventional indicators only measure the quantity. Our results also showed that social media data have great potential to represent the high-resolution population distribution required to estimate spatially explicit indicators. Based on our findings, we recommend that spatially explicit indicators should be included in healthy city indicator systems to allow for a more comprehensive assessment of healthy cities.

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Fried, Travis, Thet Hein Tun, Jacqueline M. Klopp, and Benjamin Welle. "Measuring the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Transport Target and Accessibility of Nairobi’s Matatus." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2674, no. 5 (April 16, 2020): 196–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198120914620.

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The urban Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) includes the target to provide “access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all” by 2030. However, debate exists around the best indicator to measure this target, and few actual measurements exist. This is in part because basic transit data are missing from many of the world’s cities, including in Africa where popular or “informal” systems dominate. This paper explores how to make progress in measuring indicators for the SDG transport target using Nairobi’s minibus system, matatus, as a case study. We partially measure the SDG indicator for the city as currently defined by the UN and then compare the SDG measurement to a location-based accessibility indicator that incorporates income data, travel times, and land-use considerations for Nairobi’s highly monocentric spatial urban form. We show that although the SDG analysis suggests generally favorable transit coverage, it also points to underlying transport inequalities for low-income residents. The more fine-grained location-based accessibility analysis reveals rapidly decreasing accessibility to opportunities as distance increases from the city’s central business district. This accessibility-based analysis further highlights income-based transport inequalities, identifying opportunities for improving integrated transport for residents living on the city’s near and far peripheries. Improving non-motorized transport access for those living in low-income areas with high access potential would also be important to improve access. We recommend that cities start using open-source software and open data to measure a variety of indicators needed for data-driven policy, to meet SDG 11.2 and go further to improve access to opportunities for all residents.

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Shaltynov, Askhat, Aizhan Raushanova, Ulzhan Jamedinova, Aigerim Sepbossynova, Altay Myssayev, and Ayan Myssayev. "Health-care Accessibility Assessment in Kazakhstan." Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences 9, E (February 18, 2021): 89–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.5704.

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BACKGROUND: Global health initiatives such as health for all and universal health coverage aim to improve access to health care. These goals require constant comprehensive monitoring to eliminate inequalities in the availability of health care. AIM: The purpose of our study was to assess the physical availability of medical care in Kazakhstan. METHODS: A descriptive study based on a Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) general availability index calculation that used secondary data as a source of information. RESULTS: The general availability index calculated for the regions of Kazakhstan ranged from 95% to 100%. When considering individual indicators of the index, decrease trends of the volume of inpatient care were identified. Outpatient care had fluctuations with values better than benchmark after 2009. Stable upward trend illustrates positive picture of core health personnel. CONCLUSION: According to the SARA availability index, it can be concluded that health care in Kazakhstan exceeds the threshold values and is available in all regions. Trends for individual indicators of the index should be studied in more detail, taking into account the influence of health policy and other factors.

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Perez, Rafael, and Benjamin Widner. "Measures of Residential Energy Access in Mexico, 2008–2014." Economics and Business 35, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 30–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eb-2021-0003.

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Abstract The concept of energy access in developing countries, such as Mexico, encompasses the accessibility to reliable fuels for heating, cooking, and lighting purposes while reducing coal and firewood consumption. This paper suggests residential energy access indicators by applying accessibility theory and estimating demand equations for electricity, natural gas, propane, firewood, and coal using Mexican households’ survey data from 2008 to 2014. Sprawl measures, gravity model, and central place theory are the accessibility theories supporting the accessibility indicators. The suggested energy access indicators are statistically significant and show the expected signs when applied to propane in Mexican households in 2014. The greater the household income, population size, education level of the household head, energy access, and the lower the energy price and the household size, the greater the demand for energy from 2008 to 2014. By contrast, the greater the education, the lower the demand for firewood and coal. Policy-makers in Mexico can use the suggested results to complement the energy access indicators suggested by international agencies to evaluate energy access performance and better understand the drivers of the different energy goods consumed by Mexican households.

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Amin S. Hamdi, Amin S. Hamdi. "GIS Based Analysis of Interaction between Port Accessibility and Economy in Saudi Arabia." journal of King Abdulaziz University Engineering Sciences 30, no. 1 (February 4, 2018): 21–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4197/eng.30-1.2.

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Land transportation networks play key role in economic activities by providing access to industries and commercial centers. As integral part of transportation system ports provide essential interchange between sea and land communication to facilitate interaction with global economic hubs. Region’s accessibility to port usually determines its production and growth potential. This paper provides quantitative analysis of roadway based port accessibility to different regions in Saudi Arabia using GIS framework. It also provides analytical basis for comparing relative geographical implications of the ports in the context of regional GDP and population concentration. Using geoprocessing tools like Network Analyst and Spatial Analyst in ArcGIS framework, accessibility contours are assessed. Then spatial indicators are developed to measure interaction between accessibility and economic parameters. Using these indicators, the regions lacking in adequate port accessibility are identified. Further analysis reveals that investment to improve accessibility of these regions may provide beneficial effect on their economic growth. The proposed procedure may be applied in regional planning and economic feasibility studies.

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Vulevic, Ana, Rui Alexandre Castanho, José Manuel Naranjo Gómez, Luís Loures, José Cabezas, Luis Fernández-Pozo, and José Martín Gallardo. "Accessibility Dynamics and Regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) Perspectives in the Portuguese—Spanish Borderland." Sustainability 12, no. 5 (March 5, 2020): 1978. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12051978.

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Accessibility plays a major role in achieving sustainable transport, and therefore urban and regional sustainability. The urban public transport system promotes mobility and realizes a large part of urban movements. Moreover, improving accessibility in order to promote sustainable transport requires the application of new concepts and indicators as a powerful tool in the process of creating a balanced urban transport system. In this regard, one of the main goals of this research is to present an overview of the relevant accessibility indicators and assessment of accessibility in regional Cross-Border Cooperation (CBC) in order to transcendence challenges and obstacles for sustainable transportation in these regions along of Portuguese-Spanish border. This paper focuses on the accessibility of cross-border cooperation scenarios along the border regions of Alto Alentejo (Portugal) and Badajoz (Spain) where the Case Study Research Method (CSR) made it possible to recognize accessibility as a key factor in territorial success. Also, accessibility analysis can assess improvements as well as regional imbalances. In addition, this methodology can be used to identify missing links, which requires new investments enabling long-term sustainability.

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Gałecka, Małgorzata, and Katarzyna Smolny. "Criteria for the optimal financing model of public theatres." Review of Economic Perspectives 19, no. 2 (June 1, 2019): 119–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2019-0007.

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Abstract The research is part of a wider research problem, whose aim is to find an optimal financing model for cultural institutions in Poland. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the performance indicators of municipal and regional theatres in the context of accessibility to cultural public services. The study forms a verification of previously distinguished indicators of the effectiveness of cultural institutions with a general direction: how to find an optimal financing model of public dramatic theatres. The current research problem is the accessibility of public dramatic theatres in the absence of criteria for the allocation of statutory subsidies. We hypothesise that the absence of criteria for the allocation of statutory subsidies highly diversifies the accessibility of performing arts organisations. The object of study is public dramatic theatres in Poland in the period 2011–2015. We investigated the indicators having an impact on the level of accessibility of public theatres. The statistical methods used allowed us to identify criteria affecting availability. These criteria are recognized in the literature. In addition, we indicate the level of diversification of accessibility by individual public theatres.

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Conway, Matthew Wigginton, Andrew Byrd, and Marco van der Linden. "Evidence-Based Transit and Land Use Sketch Planning Using Interactive Accessibility Methods on Combined Schedule and Headway-Based Networks." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2653, no. 1 (January 2017): 45–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2653-06.

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There is a need for indicators of transportation–land use system quality that are understandable to a wide range of stakeholders and that can provide immediate feedback on the quality of interactively designed scenarios. Location-based accessibility indicators are promising candidates, but indicator values can vary strongly depending on time of day and transfer wait times. Capturing this variation increases complexity, slowing calculations. This paper presents new methods for rapid yet rigorous computation of accessibility metrics, allowing immediate feedback during early-stage transit planning while being rigorous enough for final analyses. The approach is statistical, characterizing the uncertainty and variability in accessibility metrics related to differences in departure time and headway-based scenario specification. The analysis was carried out on a detailed multimodal network model including both public transportation and streets. Land use data were represented at high resolution. These methods were implemented as open-source software running on a commodity cloud infrastructure. Networks were constructed from standard open data sources, and scenarios were built in a map-based web interface. A case study is presented, describing how these methods were applied in a long-term transportation planning process for an urbanized, polycentric Randstad region in the Netherlands.

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Goch, Katarzyna, Szymon Ochota, Monika Piotrkowska, and Zuzanna Kunert. "Measuring dynamic public transit accessibility to local centres in Warsaw." Urban Development Issues 58, no. 1 (July 30, 2018): 29–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/udi-2018-0021.

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Abstract Over the last decade the number of studies on public transit accessibility has significantly increased. The aim of the study was to analyse the scope of application of measurements of the dynamic time accessibility in transportation systems for evaluation purposes. It was assumed that the indicator is a feasible measure for basic analysis however additional indicators are needed for reliable assessment. The study included assessing access to the global centre of Warsaw and to local and district centres in particular units. Public transit accessibility was analysed using schedule-based travel time and the population data statistic. The results of the study confirm the dynamic character of public transit time accessibility and its usefulness as a measure. Spatial and transit barriers were identified in local distribution centres and public transit operation. The work presented in the paper highlights the relevance of the in-depth evaluation of the public transit system in relation to the major congestion problems in Warsaw.

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Tiznado-Aitken, Ignacio, Juan Carlos Muñoz, and Ricardo Hurtubia. "The Role of Accessibility to Public Transport and Quality of Walking Environment on Urban Equity: The Case of Santiago de Chile." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2672, no. 35 (July 1, 2018): 129–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198118782036.

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Most studies of public transport accessibility have focused on proximity to stops, walking distances or time to reach them. This approach ignores other accessibility barriers, such as the quality of the urban environment of these walks. The aim of this research is to analyze both accessibility to public transport stops and the quality of the urban walking environment, exploring fairness issues across the city in terms of these two dimensions. The proposed methodology considers the definition of two indicators: walking accessibility to public transport stops and quality of the walking environment, considering different attributes and dimensions. These indicators are later used to develop a fairness analysis at the local and metropolitan level, using Lorenz curves, Gini coefficient, and Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measures. A diagnosis based on these indicators for Santiago de Chile allows us to suggest public policy priorities to improve accessibility to public transport and promote modal shift. The results show that 12 out of 34 municipalities in Santiago are deprived of one or both dimensions, not managing to achieve minimum fairness standards. Moreover, since a correlation between low income and poor access and urban space quality is detected, urban fairness across the city would benefit from centralized urban policies not depending on the budget of each administrative division.

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Blaschke, T., and A. Kovács-Győri. "EARTH OBSERVATION TO SUBSTANTIATE THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 11: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EXPERIENCES FROM AUSTRIA." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIII-B4-2020 (August 25, 2020): 769–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b4-2020-769-2020.

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Abstract. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is widely appreciated and increasingly known by a wider public. However, less obvious are the enormous coordination and harmonization efforts to reify these goals into 169 targets and 232 indicators. We exemplarily outline a tangible pathway to address SDG11 and one associated indicator 11.7.1 “Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities”. We highlight some specific problems for reporting on indicators related to urban green spaces (UGS) and make suggestions for this indicator by illustrating the potential of Earth Observation data and spatial accessibility analysis.

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Volkova, Natalia Victorovna. "TRANSPORT ACCESSIBILITY AS A FACTOR OF TERRITORIAL LOYALTY OF RURAL RESIDENTS OF ALTAI TERRITORY." Economics Profession Business, no. 1 (March 6, 2020): 34–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.14258/epb201955.

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The article considers the problems of transport accessibility of peripheral territories, including rural ones. Transport accessibility is positioned by the author as one of the factors of territorial loyalty of the population of these territories. The author provides a methodological approach to assessing the transport accessibility of a territory from the perspective of bus communication between its center and the nearest cities, analyzes the results of assessing transport accessibility of 25 rural districts of the Altai Territory. In addition, the author gives a definition of the phenomenon of territorial loyalty, the measurement of which is proposed to be carried out using two indicators: the coefficients of migration and natural population growth of the territory. The article presents an assessment of the territorial loyalty of the population of the considered regions of the Altai Territory based on statistics from 2017 and 2018. The main conclusions of the article are based on the results of a correlation analysis of the relationship between indicators of transport accessibility and territorial loyalty.

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Samartzis, Lampros, and Michael A. Talias. "Assessing and Improving the Quality in Mental Health Services." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 1 (December 30, 2019): 249. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17010249.

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Background: The mental health of the population consists of the three essential pillars of quality of life, economy, and society. Mental health services take care of the prevention and treatment of mental disorders and through them maintain, improve, and restore the mental health of the population. The purpose of this study is to describe the methodology for qualitative and quantitative evaluation and improvement of the mental health service system. Methods: This is a narrative review study that searches the literature to provide criteria, indicators, and methodology for evaluating and improving the quality of mental health services and the related qualitative and quantitative indicators. The bibliography was searched in popular databases PubMed, Google Scholar, CINAHL, using the keywords “mental”, “health”, “quality”, “indicators”, alone or in combinations thereof. Results: Important quality indicators of mental health services have been collected and presented, and modified where appropriate. The definition of each indicator is presented here, alongside its method of calculation and importance. Each indicator belongs to one of the eight dimensions of quality assessment: (1) Suitability of services, (2) Accessibility of patients to services, (3) Acceptance of services by patients, (4) Ability of healthcare professionals to provide services, (5) Efficiency of health professionals and providers, (6) Continuity of service over time (ensuring therapeutic continuity), (7) Efficiency of health professionals and services, (8) Safety (for patients and for health professionals). Discussion/Conclusions: Accessibility and acceptability of service indicators are important for the attractiveness of services related to their use by the population. Profitability indicators are important economic indicators that affect the viability and sustainability of services, factors that are now taken into account in any health policy. All of the indicators mentioned are related to public health, affecting the quality of life, morbidity, mortality, and life expectancy, directly or indirectly. The systematic measurement and monitoring of indicators and the measurement and quantification of quality through them, are the basis for evidence-based health policy for improvement of the quality of mental health services.

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Zheng, Zhicheng, Haoming Xia, Shrinidhi Ambinakudige, Yaochen Qin, Yang Li, Zhixiang Xie, Lijun Zhang, and Haibin Gu. "Spatial Accessibility to Hospitals Based on Web Mapping API: An Empirical Study in Kaifeng, China." Sustainability 11, no. 4 (February 22, 2019): 1160. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11041160.

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The accessibility of hospital facilities is of great importance not only for maintaining social stability, but also for protecting the basic human right to health care. Traditional accessibility research often lacks consideration of the dynamic changes in transport costs and does not reflect the actual travel time of urban residents, which is critical to time-sensitive hospital services. To avoid these defects, this study considered the city of Kaifeng, China, as an empirical case, and directly acquired travel time data for two travel modes to the hospital in different time periods through web mapping API (Application Program Interface). Further, based on travel time calculations, we compared five baseline indicators. For the last indicator, we used the optimal weighted accessibility model to measure hospital accessibility for each residential area. The study discovered significant differences in the frequency and spatial distribution of hospital accessibility using public transit and self-driving modes of transportation. In addition, there is an imbalance between accessibility travel times in the study area and the number of arrivals at hospitals. In particular, different modes of transportation and different travel periods also have a certain impact on accessibility of medical treatment. The research results shed new light on the accessibility of urban public facilities and provide a scientific basis with which local governments can optimize the spatial structure of hospital resources.

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Bárta, Martin, and Tomas Masopust. "Multicriterial analysis of the accessibility of public transport stops in Cracow." Prace Komisji Geografii Komunikacji PTG 23, no. 4 (2020): 32–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/2543859xpkg.20.025.13127.

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This study deals with the synthesis of selected attributes of public transport accessibility. The aim is to present a new method of multi-criteria analysis. As the research area, the city of Cracow has been chosen. The GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) system has been used to obtain traffic data for buses and trams within the city‘s transport company (MPK Krakow). The analysis itself consists of 4 main accessibility indicators (walking time to each stop, number of lines, directions, and connections from each stop). The problem of exceeding the stops accessibility beyond the administrative border of Cracow has been solved by using a 500 m wide buffer zone around the city. To connect the individual layers of indicators into a multicriteria analysis, the Voronoi diagram function has been applied. The results of the method are presented in the form of synthetic maps of transport accessibility for each bus and tram stop in Cracow. Together with the synthetic accessibility maps, an index of a stop importance has been created as well, which consists of the sum of the mean percentages from 3 indicators (number of lines, directions, connections). The synthetic method used and acquired detailed values not only for the city of Cracow as a whole, but also its individual parts make it possible to provide a comprehensive picture of accessibility by public transport. This multicriteria analysis can also be extended for a comparative study of selected cities.

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de Stasio, Claudia, Davide Fiorello, and Silvia Maffii. "Public transport accessibility through co-modality: Are interconnectivity indicators good enough?" Research in Transportation Business & Management 2 (November 2011): 48–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2011.07.003.

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Khavanskaya, Natalya, Vladimir Alyaev, and Diana Semenova. "Cartographic Methods of the Research of the Rural Settlement System in Volgograd Region." Natural Systems and Resources, no. 4 (May 2020): 64–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.15688/nsr.jvolsu.2019.4.7.

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The article presents the methodology of cartographic support of economic and geographical research of rural territories in Volgograd region. The methodological basis of the article is the theoretical foundations of classical economic geography and applied directions of geoinformation mapping. The authors consider the stages of the study, including: identification of mapped indicators; formation of an information base; compilation of thematic maps for each indicator; compilation of an integrated assessment card for a set of indicators. The following are proposed as the main mapped indicators: the number of rural population in 2010, % by 1969; density of the rural population in 2010, people / km2; grouping of rural settlements by population, people; grouping of rural settlements by extrapolation tendency; conditions of the temporary transport accessibility of Volgograd; conditions of the temporary transport accessibility of the district center; natural fertility of agricultural lands in bonitet points. When constructing thematic maps, methods for classifying numerical fields are used, based on the calculation of the standard deviation: for maps of population dynamics, population density, and soil quality of agricultural land. Isoline mapping is used in the construction of maps of temporary transport accessibility, where the main methods of mapping are isochrones. To conduct a comprehensive assessment of the favorable resource potential of rural areas, the method of applying thematic maps is used, i.e. overlay operations. The methodology proposed by the authors as a whole allows the formation of an information database that includes information on the dynamics of the rural population in Volgograd region for individual villages, individual rural settlements, the density of the rural population in rural settlements, the conditions of transport accessibility of rural settlements, and the natural fertility of agricultural land in rural settlements, on the differences in resource potential in rural settlements.

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Zhu, Shengjun, Chong Wang, and Canfei He. "High-speed Rail Network and Changing Industrial Dynamics in Chinese Regions." International Regional Science Review 42, no. 5-6 (March 11, 2019): 495–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0160017619835908.

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High-speed railway (HSR) network can significantly reduce the transport cost of people and facilitate interregional knowledge spillovers. It may thus affect regional industrial dynamics. By employing the industrial relatedness indicator, this article shows that regional industrial dynamics is path dependent in China. It further adopts several classical accessibility indicators to capture the network characteristics of transport infrastructure and the accessibility of Chinese cities in the HSR network. In response to the endogeneity issue, we design an instrumental variable based on historic transport network. Another econometric strategy is to include only two groups of cities in the sample: cities with existing HSR stations and cities with planned HSR stations. The empirical results suggest that high accessibility in the HSR network not only pushes forward new industry creation but also enables regions to be more pathbreaking and diversify into less related industries.

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Zahedi Nooghabi, Mahdi, and Akram Fathian Dastgerdi. "Proposed metrics for data accessibility in the context of linked open data." Program 50, no. 2 (April 4, 2016): 184–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/prog-01-2015-0007.

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Purpose – One of the most important categories in linked open data (LOD) quality models is “data accessibility.” The purpose of this paper is to propose some metrics and indicators for assessing data accessibility in LOD and the semantic web context. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, at first the authors consider some data quality and LOD quality models to review proposed subcategories for data accessibility dimension in related texts. Then, based on goal question metric (GQM) approach, the authors specify the project goals, main issues and some questions. Finally, the authors propose some metrics for assessing the data accessibility in the context of the semantic web. Findings – Based on GQM approach, the authors determined three main issues for data accessibility, including data availability, data performance, and data security policy. Then the authors created four main questions related to these issues. As a conclusion, the authors proposed 27 metrics for measuring these questions. Originality/value – Nowadays, one of the main challenges regarding data quality is the lack of agreement on widespread quality metrics and practical instruments for evaluating quality. Accessibility is an important aspect of data quality. However, few researches have been done to provide metrics and indicators for assessing data accessibility in the context of the semantic web. So, in this research, the authors consider the data accessibility dimension and propose a comparatively comprehensive set of metrics.

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Pisaruk, Anatoly, Valeri Shatilo, Ivanna Antonuk-Shchehlova, and Svitlana Naskalova. "Express diagnostics of accelerated human aging using the questionnaire." Ageing & Longevity, no. 2 (November 12, 2020): 82–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.47855/jal9020-2020-2-4.

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Abstract. An express method of diagnosing accelerated aging of a person has been developed with the help of a questionnaire, which includes 15 indications of somatic aging, 12 indications of psychological aging and 10 objective indicators. The Bayesian method is used for the calculation of biological age. The accuracy of the definition for the biological age was 8.3 years. The method developed is notable for its simplicity, ease and accessibility for use in the outpatient and inpatient conditions. This method can be used for pre-selection of the patients with the risk of accelerated aging for the further in-depth studies. Keywords: biological age; accelerated aging; indicators of aging; Bayesian formula

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Lättman, Katrin, Margareta Friman, and Lars E. Olsson. "Perceived Accessibility of Public Transport as a Potential Indicator of Social Inclusion." Social Inclusion 4, no. 3 (June 7, 2016): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i3.481.

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Perceived accessibility has been acknowledged as an important aspect of transport policy since the 70s. Nevertheless, very few empirical studies have been conducted in this field. When aiming to improve social inclusion, by making sustainable transport modes accessible to all, it is important to understand the factors driving perceived accessibility. Unlike conventional accessibility measures, perceived accessibility focuses on the perceived possibilities and ease of engaging in preferred activities using different transport modes. We define perceived accessibility in terms of how easy it is to live a satisfactory life with the help of the transport system, which is not necessarily the same thing as the objective standard of the system. According to previous research, perceived accessibility varies with the subjectively-rated quality of the mode of transport. Thus, improvements in quality (e.g. trip planning, comfort, or safety) increase the perceived accessibility and make life easier to live using the chosen mode of transport. This study (n=750) focuses on the perceived accessibility of public transport, captured using the <em>Perceived Accessibility Scale </em>PAC (Lättman, Olsson, & Friman, 2015). More specifically, this study aims to determine how level of quality affects the perceived accessibility in public transport. A Conditional Process Model shows that, in addition to quality, feeling safe and frequency of travel are important predictors of perceived accessibility. Furthermore, elderly and those in their thirties report a lower level of perceived accessibility to their day-to-day activities using public transport. The basic premise of this study is that subjective experiences may be as important as objective indicators when planning and designing for socially inclusive transport systems.

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Ziółkowska-Weiss, Kamila. "Satisfaction with Selected Indicators of the Quality of Urban Space by Polonia in the Greater Toronto Area." Land 10, no. 8 (July 24, 2021): 778. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10080778.

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The main objective of this article is to determine the quality of life of Polonia living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), with particular emphasis on urban quality, which influences their assessment of the standard of living in this city. The presented results of the research are based on a survey questionnaire conducted with the participation of 583 respondents. The respondents evaluated, among others: accessibility to recreational tourism in the city, public transport, possibilities of finding a job, accessibility to housing and quality of the natural environment. Assessment of the selected indicators was correlated with the application of the statistical coefficient of the chi-squared test with particular sociodemographic characteristics of the examined respondents (with age, place of residence of the respondents (Toronto, suburbs) and their duration of residence in the GTA). On the basis of the formulated research hypotheses and conducted studies, it can be concluded—among others—that the satisfaction level with regard to accessibility to housing increases with age, that people living in the GTA suburbs rate accessibility to transportation lower than people living in Toronto and that people living in the GTA for more than 20 years rate accessibility to tourism, leisure and relaxation lower than people living in the GTA for a period shorter than 20 years.

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Corazza, Maria, and Nicola Favaretto. "A Methodology to Evaluate Accessibility to Bus Stops as a Contribution to Improve Sustainability in Urban Mobility." Sustainability 11, no. 3 (February 3, 2019): 803. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030803.

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Walking and transit are the backbone of sustainable mobility. Bus stops not only represent the connection between the two, but are also central in dictating the attractiveness of the latter. Accessibility of bus stops becomes, then, pivotal in increasing both attractiveness and sustainability of public transport. The paper describes a multi-step methodology to evaluate bus stops’ accessibility starting from a cluster of seven indicators describing objective and subjective features influencing passengers’ choice toward a given bus stop. The indicators are weighed by a questionnaire submitted to experts. Finally, a multicriteria analysis is developed to obtain a final score describing univocally the accessibility of each stop. Outcomes are mapped and a case study in Rome is reported as an example, with 231 bus and tram stops assessed accordingly. Results shows the relevance of the urban network and environment in evaluating the accessibility and in promoting more sustainable mobility patterns. Research innovation relies on the possibility to merge data from different fields into a specific GIS map and easily highlight for each bus stop the relationships between built environment, passengers’ comfort, and accessibility, with the concluding goal to provide advanced knowledge for further applications.

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IVANOVA, Sembrika Nimaevna. "Typology of Territories by the Accessibility of Social Services. Example of the Great Silk Road Zone of Influence." Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism 11, no. 3 (June 14, 2020): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.14505//jemt.v11.3(43).09.

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A typology of territories by the accessibility of social services based on the assessment of social capacity is presented. Methods of comparative analysis, as well as economic and statistical methods, are used. A methodology is developed to assess social capacity, using open statistical indicators. Territories of national, subnational, regional, and local levels are identified. The developed methodological tools for assessing the social capacity of territories allow developing a typology of territories at the regional and local levels by the accessibility of social services. The method of assessing social capacity allows assessing the infrastructure development of the territory for developing strategies for the spatial development of territories. The methodology for assessing social capacity is based on the calculation of total indices of accessibility of social services. The indicators of social development of the reference territory with the maximum values are used as the maximum parameters for calculating the social capacity of territories. The differentiation of social development indicators of reference territories by countries, due to differences in standards for providing social services, is revealed.

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Hanson, S., and M. Schwab. "Accessibility and Intraurban Travel." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 19, no. 6 (June 1987): 735–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a190735.

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This paper contains an examination of the fundamental assumption underlying the use of accessibility indicators: that an individual's travel behavior is related to his or her location vis-à-vis the distribution of potential activity sites. First, the conceptual and measurement issues surrounding accessibility and its relationship to travel are reviewed; then, an access measure for individuals is formulated. Using data from the Uppsala (Sweden) Household Travel Survey and controlling for sex, automobile availability, and employment status, the authors explore the relationship between both home- and work-based accessibility and five aspects of an individual's travel: mode use, trip frequencies and travel distances for discretionary purposes, trip complexity, travel in conjunction with the journey to work, and size of the activity space. From the results it can be seen that although all of these travel characteristics are related to accessibility to some degree, the travel–accessibility relationship is not as strong as deductive formulations have implied. High accessibility levels are associated with higher proportions of travel by nonmotorized means, lower levels of automobile use, reduced travel distances for certain discretionary trip purposes, and smaller individual activity spaces. Furthermore, the density of activity sites around the workplace affects the distances travelled by employed people for discretionary purposes. Overall, accessibility level has a greater impact on mode use and travel distance than it does on discretionary trip frequency. This result was unexpected in light of the strong trip frequency–accessibility relationship posited frequently in the literature.

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Vasconcelos, Ana S., and Tiago L. Farias. "Evaluation of urban accessibility indicators based on internal and external environmental costs." Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 17, no. 6 (August 2012): 433–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2012.05.004.

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Atting, Inyang A., and Igbo N. Egwu. "Indicators of Accessibility to Primary Health Care Coverage in Rural Odukpani, Nigeria." Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health 5, no. 3 (July 1991): 211–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/101053959100500304.

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Tiwari, Geetam, and Deepty Jain. "Accessibility and safety indicators for all road users: case study Delhi BRT." Journal of Transport Geography 22 (May 2012): 87–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.11.020.

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Moedjiono, Apik Indarty, Kuntoro Kuntoro, and Hari Basuki Notobroto. "Indicators of Husband's Role in Pregnancy and Maternity Care." International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) 6, no. 2 (September 1, 2017): 192. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijphs.v6i2.6181.

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The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in developing countries is still a major health problem, including in Indonesia. Antenatal Care (ANC), delivery with skilled birth attendance (SBA) at the time of delivery and delivery in institutional are universally considered important for reducing maternal mortality. Husbands can play a crucial role in pregnancy and childbirth. Therefore, the aim of this study was analyze the indicators of husband's role in pregnancy and maternity care which were suspected as one of the determinants of ANC and SBA use in Polewali Mandar Regency. The population of this prospective cohort study was all married and pregnant woman, before using contraceptives and contraceptive failure or not using contraception and pregnancy is planned, unplanned pregnancy or mistimed pregnancy in Polewali Mandar 2015 (Size of sample = 100). Samples were randomly selected from participants of screening in 12 sub-districts in Polewali Mandar. Data about husband's role in pregnancy and maternity care was obtained through interviews using a structured questionnaire data processing by using SMART-PLS. The result of data analysis suggested that the coefficient value that has been standardized from each indicator were as follows: accessibility = 0.944 and engagement = 0.954, dan responsibility = 0.968. Indicators of organizational support in implementing Maternal and Child Health Information System at Polewali Mandar Regency, respectively from the most important are: responsibility, engagement, and accessibility.

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Chen, Minghui, Stéphanie Souche Le Corvec, and Alain Bonnafous. "Time Available at Destination: Tool to Evaluate the Quality of Public Transport Service and a Determinant of Mode Choice." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2673, no. 4 (March 28, 2019): 733–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0361198119837959.

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Service quality in relation to frequency, availability, and accessibility is an important issue for the various stakeholders involved in high-speed rail (HSR) projects. The concept of accessibility provides the means to build relevant indicators likely to evaluate the service quality in studies of transportation supply and demand. In this paper, indicators of time available at destination (TAD) are used to measure changes in service quality in rail and air travel between Paris and Bordeaux, France. Furthermore, the paper shows for the first time that TAD is a determining factor in explaining the air-train mode choice.

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