The Application of a p-Median Algorithm to the Identification of Nodal Hierarchies and Growth Centers

The Spatial Structuring of Central Places

“…Secondly, in planning contexts, NSC siting can designate optimal market centers based on CPT reasoning. In such situations, these siting models become pre-scriiptive tools of analysis, given the fact that a number of location problems are solved in relation to central place constructs (Banerji and Fisher 1974;Harvey et al 1974;Schultz 1970;Zeller et al 1980). Thirdly, the NSC approach facilitates the testing of behavioral hypotheses.…”

Evaluating Public Policy Costs in Rural Development Planning: The Example of Health Care in Sierra Leone

“…As shown in the literature, more rigorous analysis of population and demand dynamics can easily be undertaken in cases where these are more central concerns and in which the time, resources, and data are available [7].…”

“…In many of these studies, the purpose has been: (i) to outline a strategy to locate facilities to optimize a planning objective [17]; (ii) to outline a methodology (in this case the empirical background is secondary) [7]; and (iii) to test the sensitivity of a methodology using data from an LDC [26]. In many of these studies, the purpose has been: (i) to outline a strategy to locate facilities to optimize a planning objective [17]; (ii) to outline a methodology (in this case the empirical background is secondary) [7]; and (iii) to test the sensitivity of a methodology using data from an LDC [26].…”

“…Firstly, the idea of size regularity is absent, which underpins central place theory [14; 15]. That is to say, large gaps exist in urban size and function between the primate city, lesser administrative centers, and rural communities, notwithstanding suggestions in the literature of rapid rates of urbanization [7]. The second reason, related to the first, is that notions of regionalization based on spatial differences in socioeconomic activity [8] are absent because of the dominance of subsistence agriculture in rural areas.…”

Decentralizing supervision to attain higher productivity: the case of the ecuadorian health system

“…Specifically there is interest in how to improve the functional capacity of CHWs (10,ll) . Increasingly the issues associated with CHWs are seen as management problems for which simple but effective assistance can be obtained from various operations research techniques (12,13,14,15). This is especially true for CHW site location problems where the population served is the main goal to be maximized (l6,l7) .…”