Search Results - subject:"spatial accessibility"

Railroads, Reallocation, and the Rise of American Manufacturing

Hornbeck, Richard - 2020

We examine impacts of market integration on the development of American manufacturing, as railroads expanded through the latter half of the 19th century. Using new county-by-industry data from the Census of Manufactures, we estimate substantial impacts on manufacturing productivity from relative...

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Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Scorecard

Calderón, César A. - 2020

Infrastructure is viewed as a crucial ingredient to foster growth and productivity. Amid the post -- global financial crisis slowdown, Sub-Saharan Africa is in dire need to continue the growth momentum it experienced during the period of the Africa Rising narrative. An emerging consensus in the...

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Rural Road Connectivity : The Artery of the Economy

Ganguli, Barna - 2020

Rural Connectivity is the nerve centre of the economy. The linkage between urban and rural areas is possible through rural roads so rural roads are the arteries of any civilization. The importance of rural roads for agricultural development has been emphasised in the literature by various...

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Analyses and modeling of urban land use and road network interactions using spatial-based disaggregate accessibility to land use

Ahmadzai, Farhad - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 3, pp. 298-315

Rapid urbanization in developing countries enforces authorities to assess the sustainability and balanced development of urban cities from multiple perspectives and recommend appropriate solutions for policy and decision-makers. This study proposes spatial-based disaggregate accessibility to...

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The social profitability of rural roads in a small open economy : do urban agglomeration economies matter?

Bell, Clive - 2020

In the presence of agglomeration economies, the effects of a rural roads programme depend not only on the reduction in transportation costs, but also on the form of labour mobility. When financed by a poll tax on rural households, the wage will rise, accompanied by some return migration,...

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Mesures de l'accessibilité géographique du territoire wallon selon différents moyens de transport : première application aux gares ferroviaires

Charlier, Julien; Juprelle, Julien - 2020

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Towards vertical spatial equity of urban facilities : an integration of spatial and aspatial accessibility

Ashik, Fajle Rabbi; Mim, Sadia Alam; Neema, Meher Nigar - In: Journal of urban management 9 (2020) 1, pp. 77-92

, there is a requirement to examine whether and to what degree the variation in spatial accessibility to urban facilities … accessibility. Therefore, this paper attempts to measure an integrated spatial accessibility index for the evaluation of geographic … variation in spatial accessibility to urban facilities, and then, seeks to integrate spatial accessibility and aspatial …

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Landmines and Spatial Development

Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020

No abstract avaLandmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in...

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Changes in Networking of Rural Centres Through Direct Public Transport Connections : Case Study of Prešov Region, Slovakia

Székely, Vladimír; Michniak, Daniel - 2020

The peripheral non-centrally located Prešov region (NUTS 3) from North-Eastern Slovakia (Fig. 1) is, according to the OECD methodology on urban-rural typology, a “significantly rural (intermediate) region”. Its territory consists of 13 smaller spatial units – predominantly and/or...

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Who benefits from better roads and why? : mixed methods analysis of the gender-disaggregated impacts of a rural roads project in Vietnam

Mannava, Aneesh; Perova, Elizaveta; Phuong Thi Minh Tran - 2020

The literature lends empirical support for the idea that improvements to transport infrastructure lead to economic development. How and why the benefits of better transport differ between genders is less clear. This paper attempts to answer this question by combining a nonexperimental impact...

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