Spatial analysis and urban land use planning emphasising hospital site selection: a case study of Isfahan city

Soltani Ali (), Inaloo Rasoul Balaghi (), Rezaei Mohammad (), Shaer Fatemeh and Riyabi M. Akbari
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Soltani Ali: Shiraz University, Department of Urban Planning, Shiraz, Iran
Inaloo Rasoul Balaghi: University of Salman Farsi, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Kazerun, Iran, Tel. +987142219082
Rezaei Mohammad: University of Isfahan, Department of Geography, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Isfahan, Iran
Shaer Fatemeh: University of Isfahan, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, Isfahan, Iran
Riyabi M. Akbari: University of Salman Farsi, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Art and Architect faculty, Kazerun, Iran

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 2019, vol. 43, issue 43, 71-89

Abstract: Providing appropriate and equal healthcare to the various classes of society is among the major issues in social welfare. The spatial distribution and locating of health service centres are significant in addressing the healthcare needs of citizens. This issue needs to be evaluated using quantitative and qualitative approaches throughout those cities with high populations and activity density levels. By taking Isfahan metropolitan area as the case study area, in this study, a combination of Network Analyst tool within Geographic Information System (GIS) and an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model was used to evaluate the catchment areas of the 26 existing hospitals within the study area. Thus, with effective data collection in the form of layers of information such as transportation network, population density, land use, etc. using (GIS), the authors categorised urban land in seven categories from poor to very good for the construction of hospitals. The result of analysis indicated that existing hospitals covered approximately 24% of active urban areas within a standard access time. The result can be used for policy making and healthcare planning.

Keywords: Site selection; spatial equity; spatial analysis; hospital; Isfahan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/bog-2019-0005

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