Questioning territorial cohesion: (Un)equal access to services of general interest

Malý, Jiří

doi:10.1111/pirs.12250

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“…Because the effects of public policies tend to cluster around specific physical locations [18], spatial fairness approaches are well-suited to assess such distributive effects [19]. Transport fairness influences many social aspects, such as territorial cohesion [20], the cost and time spent on daily commutes [21] and on public services [22]. Accessibility is, though imperfect, the most appropriate measure of benefits from transport infrastructure investments [23,24] and transport equity [6,17,25].…”

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Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Gao

Cao

2019

Sustainability

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The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area (QTP) is the most unique environmental-population region and an important natural laboratory for the study of human-land relations. The poor transportation conditions have long restricted socio-economic development. The research on the transport infrastructure and spatial effect in the QTP is of significance to the sustainable development of the region. Accordingly, a spatial accessibility model was used to analyze the spatial pattern of accessibility in QTP from 1976–2016, examine the accessibility evolution trend on the township scale and reveal the spatial fairness and changes in accessibility. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The accessibility to major cities improved and the time-space convergence effect was significant. (2) The spatial autocorrelation analysis results showed that the improvement in transport infrastructure had a significant impact on the agglomeration of the accessibility level. (3) Access time from towns to the nearest major city are much shorter. More Tibetan people have more opportunities to access cities. (4) The accessibility coefficient and relative accessibility revealed distributive effects and spatial fairness of accessibility. (5) The global coefficient of variation value demonstrated an increasing trend, which indicates that spatial unfairness of transport is increasing.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Gao

Cao

2019

Sustainability

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“… e problem perception index in municipalities around MTA Březina and MTA Libavá is statistically signifi -cantly lower.  e results refl ect regional socio-economic diff erences within the Czech Republic, or the long-term problems of structurally disabled regions and economically disadvantaged peripheral borderland areas (see e.g., Bański et al, 2018;Malý, 2016;Malý and Mulíček, 2016;Kebza, 2018;Vaishar et al, 2013).…”

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Problems of Transforming Military Training Areas in a Post-Communist Space: Local Community Perceptions and Policy Implications

Frantál

Kunc

Jaňurová

et al. 2020

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The integration of socioeconomically marginalized areas into regional systems in the context of post-communist transformation has been an important subject of social science research in general. The military training areas (MTA), as specifi c type of peripheries, have been so far little explored. Based on the results of an extensive questionnaire survey (N = 1,362), the authors of this study analyze local community perceptions of MTA in the Czech Republic, assess positive and negative impacts of MTA on the quality of life, and discuss possible future development scenarios of the areas. The results show that local communities in the hinterland of MTA perceive similar problems as those living in other peripheral and/ or rural areas, particularly unemployment, limited options of obtaining own housing, maintenance of road infrastructure, limited options of leisure activities, etc. Ensuring a harmony between local development and MTA activities is considered a specifi c issue. Problems are perceived more likely by older and highly educated people, and those living in smaller municipalities with higher unemployment and municipalities located closer to MTA. On the other hand, young and less educated people living in larger municipalities with higher unemployment rates, which are located at a greater distance from county seats, perceive more likely positive impacts of MTA.

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“…Certainly, local resilience is importantly affected by the accessibility to essential services (IFEL, 2015; Pezzi & Urso, 2017), which, indeed, represents a major source of concern within the EU territorial cohesion policy (Maly, 2018). Nevertheless, recent years have registered a loss of basic service in remote, small villages close to the regional borders (Lowe & Ward, 2009), suffering from orographic obstacles (Laner et al, 2019) and insufficient public transport connections (Maly, 2018), where residents are predominantly aged people (Christiaanse & Haartsen, 2017). This process has been caused by some interlinked policy and economic factors.…”

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“…The same applies to the phenomenon of the “ghost towns” in China and in other developing countries, cities recently built ex novo that remained completely or almost empty, or to the urban voids caused by location choices imposed by public authorities. Even though it is widely recognized that the provision of general services affects the quality of life and living conditions (Laner et al, 2019) representing one of the most significant sources of spatial inequality (Maly, 2018), its impact on local resilience must be assessed along with other factors. Service accessibility, in fact, is necessary, but not in itself sufficient to increase attractiveness of peripheral areas.…”

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Improving resilience at the local level: The location of essential services within inner areas. Three case studies in the Italian Marche region

Compagnucci

Morettini

2020

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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This paper aims at supporting public policies in the location choice of essential services in inner areas. Their provision, which, at present, is completely absent or extremely limited, is reputed to foster the local resilience of settings which have been following a prolonged process of socioeconomic marginalization, leading to the creation of an "inner border region". We contribute to this debate by suggesting the importance of the provision of these services at an appropriate territorial level. By investigating three case studies in the inner areas of the Marche region, we show how and why the location choice of public utilities must concern integrated inter-municipal systems and, equally important, all their sub-municipal settlements. Based on a space-equity approach, we propose a multistep algorithm aimed at achieving a relatively equal access to basic services, combining the need for concentrating their provision in one single municipality and that of their accessibility by local communities. From a public policy perspective, these considerations stress the crucial role an integrated and multilevel governance should have when planning interventions at a local scale, especially within inner areas.

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Questioning territorial cohesion: (Un)equal access to services of general interest

Cited by 25 publications

References 48 publications

Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Spatial Fairness and Changes in Transport Infrastructure in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area from 1976 to 2016

Problems of Transforming Military Training Areas in a Post-Communist Space: Local Community Perceptions and Policy Implications

Improving resilience at the local level: The location of essential services within inner areas. Three case studies in the Italian Marche region

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