Spatial Analysis of Territorial Connectivity and Accessibility in the Province of Coclé in Panama

Jorge Quijada-Alarcón (), Roberto Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Nicoletta González-Cancelas and Gabriel Bethancourt-Lasso
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Jorge Quijada-Alarcón: Grupo de Investigación del Transporte y Territorio, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Apdo 0819-07289, Panama
Roberto Rodríguez-Rodríguez: Escuela de Relaciones Internacionales, Facultad de Administración Pública, Universidad de Panamá, Apdo 0824-03366, Panama
Nicoletta González-Cancelas: Department of Transport, Territorial and Urban Planning Engineering, Technical University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Gabriel Bethancourt-Lasso: Grupo de Investigación del Transporte y Territorio, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, Apdo 0819-07289, Panama

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-21

Abstract: The province of Coclé is in the central zone of the Republic of Panama but lacks development of the road network. In order to assess the spatial analysis of territorial accessibility and connectivity, the methodology of this study was divided into three stages: determination of the working scenario, data acquisition, and spatial analyses. The data acquisition includes the GIS development and the field work for GIS validation. Within the province of Coclé, 19.55% of the population lives more than 500 m away from the nearest paved road, with the distance of the town farthest away from the nearest paved road being 36 km, which leads to different levels of accessibility and connectivity in this province. This study of the spatial analysis of connectivity and territorial accessibility sheds light on how the expansion of the road network affects access to health services and education.

Keywords: accessibility; connectivity; road network; spatial analysis; geographic information system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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