Personal Geographies in GIS: New Approaches to Analyse Accessibility to Public Services
Date
2002Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de GeografíaBibliographic citation
MSIA 2002, Melbourne 12-15 May 2002
Keywords
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Multidimensional Scaling (MDS)
Cognitive Geography
Public services
Alcalá de Henares
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
This paper presents the results of two complementary studies undertaken in the city of Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The main objective was to analyse accessibility to public services from the users' personal circumstances and perception of the environment.
The paper provides information on the methodology adopted to include cognitive
distances and time budgets into a GIS database. It summarises both cartographic and
numeric results and concludes with a discussion on future developments in this area.
The main outcomes of the study include: (a) the demonstration that personal geographies
can be handled and analysed using GIS technology, (b) a personal approach to the
analysis of spatiotemporal accessibility, and (c) the development of a set of innovative cartographic representations.
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