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Accessibility to primary schools in Portugal: a case of spatial inequity?

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  • João Lourenço Marques
  • Jan Wolf
  • Fillipe Feitosa

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Social inequalities have shown a tendency for being amplified by the distribution of socio‐economic groups and of spatial amenities and disamenities. Given their commitment to principles of spatial equity, it is important to understand if public services fit into this pattern or, on the contrary, provide similar levels of accessibility to different socio‐economic groups. This paper analyses the relationship between the location of primary schools and the spatial distribution of socio‐economic groups in Portugal and it concludes that there is a systematic tendency for disadvantaged populations to have worse accessibility than advantaged ones, independently of spatial scales and types of territories. Las desigualdades sociales han mostrado una tendencia a ser amplificadas por la distribución de los grupos socioeconómicos y de las ventajas y desventajas espaciales. Debido a su compromiso con los principios de equidad espacial, es importante comprender si los servicios públicos se ajustan a este patrón o, por el contrario, proporcionan niveles de accesibilidad similares a los diferentes grupos socioeconómicos. En este artículo se analiza la relación entre la ubicación de las escuelas primarias y la distribución espacial de los grupos socioeconómicos en Portugal y se concluye que existe una tendencia sistemática a que las poblaciones desfavorecidas tengan peor accesibilidad que las más favorecidas, independientemente de las escalas espaciales y de los tipos de territorios. 社会的不平等は、社会経済的集団及び空間的な利便性/非利便性の分布によって増幅される傾向を示す。公共サービスが空間的平等性の原則を約束するものであることを考えると、公共サービスが、このパターンに適合するかどうか、あるいは反対に、異なる社会経済的集団に同じレベルのアクセシビリティを提供するかどうかを理解することが重要である。本稿では、ポルトガルにおける小学校の立地と社会経済的集団の空間分布の関連性を分析したところ、空間規模と地域のタイプとは無関係に、不利な集団は有利な集団よりも小学校へのアクセシビリティが悪くなる系統的な傾向があると結論づけられた。

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  • João Lourenço Marques & Jan Wolf & Fillipe Feitosa, 2021. "Accessibility to primary schools in Portugal: a case of spatial inequity?," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 13(3), pages 693-707, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:13:y:2021:i:3:p:693-707
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12303
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