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Measuring accessibility: positive and normative implementations of various accessibility indicators
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In this article, the authors conduct a review of various commonly used measures of accessibility, with a particular view to clarifying their normative (i.e. prescriptive), as well as positive (e.g. descriptive) aspects.About:
This article is published in Journal of Transport Geography.The article was published on 2012-11-01. It has received 497 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Normative & Meaning (existential).read more
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Mapping accessibility to generic services in Europe: A market-potential based approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a novel approach to cope with this problem and maps generic service accessibility in Europe, and used this to simulate the spatial distribution of services, and to assess probable accessibility to services across Europe.
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Geographic access to COVID-19 healthcare in Brazil using a balanced float catchment area approach.
Rafael Henrique Moraes Pereira,Carlos Kaue Vieira Braga,Luciana Mendes Santos Servo,Bernardo Serra,Pedro Amaral,Nelson Gouveia,Antonio Páez +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed accessibility to COVID-19 healthcare at high spatial resolution in the 20 largest cities of Brazil and identified substantial social and spatial inequalities in access to health services during the pandemic.
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Measuring temporal variation of location-based accessibility using space-time utility perspective
Yafei Wang,Yafei Wang,Bi Yu Chen,Bi Yu Chen,Hui Yuan,Donggen Wang,William H. K. Lam,Qingquan Li +7 more
TL;DR: The results of the case study show that the proposed location-based space-time accessibility measures can well capture the temporal variation of accessibility, due to the dynamics both of traffic conditions and of individuals' intensities in performing activities at different times of day.
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Accessibility planning in American metropolitan areas: Are we there yet?:
TL;DR: Transportation-planning researchers have long argued that the end goal of a transportation system is increasing accessibility, or opportunities for individuals to meet their daily needs, but that U... as mentioned in this paper
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Two dimensional accessibility analysis of metro stations in Xi’an, China
TL;DR: It has been found that the station attraction accessibility depends mainly on the walking connection accessibility, so the improvement of walking environment is a key factor in improving the station’s overall accessibility.
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Accessibility evaluation of land-use and transport strategies: review and research directions
Karst Teunis Geurs,Bert van Wee +1 more
TL;DR: A review of accessibility measures for assessing the usability of these measures in evaluations of land-use and transport strategies and developments is presented in this paper, using a broad range of relevant criteria, including theoretical basis, interpretability and communicability, and data requirements of the measures.
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Measuring accessibility: an exploration of issues and alternatives
Susan L Handy,Debbie A. Niemeier +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a framework for the development of accessibility measures and two case studies suggestive of the range of possible approaches are presented, as well as issues that planners must address in developing an accessibility measure.
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Spatial accessibility of primary care: concepts, methods and challenges
TL;DR: Basic concepts and measurements of access are explained, some historical background is provided, the major questions concerning geographic accessibility of primary care are outlined, recent developments in GIS and spatial analysis are described, and examples of promising work are presented.
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Space-time and integral measures of individual accessibility: a comparative analysis using a point-based framework
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the relationship and spatial patterns of these thirty accessibility measures using network-based GIS procedures and conclude that space-time and integral indices are distinctive types of accessibility measures which reflect different dimensions of the accessibility experience of individuals.
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