 Planning for non-motorized travel in rural Nepal: a role for geographic information systemsBhuwan Devkota, Douglas Dudycha and Jean Andrey Journal of Transport Geography, 2012, vol. 24, issue C, 282-291 Abstract: This study uses a geographic information system to model mobility and accessibility as inputs to infrastructure planning in rural Nepal. The focus is on where to locate pedestrian bridges to improve access to schools and health services. Priorities are assigned to potential bridges based on an index of relative importance derived through use of a spatial interaction model. Despite differences in the number of schools versus health care facilities, there is considerable similarity between the spatial distributions of high and low priority bridge sites. However, even if all potential bridges are built, pockets of poor accessibility remain unless additional service centers are located in these regions. The analytical approach outlined here can provide easy-to-update, system-wide information that could be incorporated into local planning processes to help government officials and the public-at-large assess the benefits of different infrastructure scenarios. Keywords: Rural transportation; Developing country; GIS; Pedestrian bridge; Social service (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:24:y:2012:i:c:p:282-291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.03.007 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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