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Accessibility Indicators for the Geographical Assessment of Transport Planning in a Latin American Metropolitan Area

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  • Marcela Martínez

    (Centro de Desarrollo Sustentable CEDEUS, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, Plaça Cívica, 08193 Barcelona, Spain)

  • Carolina Rojas

    (Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territorial y Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable CEDEUS, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Providencia 7500000, Chile)

  • Ana Condeço-Melhorado

    (Departamento de Geografía, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • Juan Antonio Carrasco

    (Centro de Desarrollo Sustentable CEDEUS, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción 4070409, Chile)

Abstract

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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  • Marcela Martínez & Carolina Rojas & Ana Condeço-Melhorado & Juan Antonio Carrasco, 2021. "Accessibility Indicators for the Geographical Assessment of Transport Planning in a Latin American Metropolitan Area," Geographies, MDPI, vol. 1(2), pages 1-19, September.
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