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Mcgrail, Matthew R. ; Humphreys, John S. (2009) "Measuring spatial accessibility to primary care in rural areas: Improving the effectiveness of the two-step floating catchment area method" ''Applied Geography'', Vol.29(4), pp.533-541.
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Mcgrail, Matthew R. ; Humphreys, John S. (2009) "[https://ac-els-cdn-com.libproxy.smu.edu.sg/S0143622809000034/1-s2.0-S0143622809000034-main.pdf?_tid=f30cb28f-c868-4099-a745-a5da3a48933f&acdnat=1552800755_d053bc68ab5cae6f4cf7eee7f2360bb8 Measuring spatial accessibility to primary care in rural areas: Improving the effectiveness of the two-step floating catchment area method]" ''Applied Geography'', Vol.29(4), pp.533-541.

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About

Weekly Session

Take-home Exercises

Geospatial Analytics Project

Course Resources

 


Modelling Geographical Accessibility

Content

  • What is geospatial analytics?
  • Motivation of promoting geospatial analytics
  • Case study
  • An overview of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • GIS versus Geospatial Analytics


Must do

Read:

Accessibility Models Based On the Gravity Analogy: In Theory and Practice

Luo, W. & Wang, F (2003) "Measures of Spatial Accessibility to Health Care in a GIS Environment: Synthesis and a Case Study in the Chicago Region", Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, volume 30, pages 865-884.

Kalogirou, S. (2017) "Spatial Inequality in Accessibility to Hospital in Greece", The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-4/W2, 2017 FOSS4G-Europe 2017 – Academic Track, 18–22 July 2017, Marne La Vallée, France.


In-Class Exercise

  • Hands-on Exercise 8. The handout and data sets are available at course eLearn.


R Packages

  • spatstat: Spatial Point Pattern Analysis, Model-Fitting, Simulation, Tests [1]
  • Getting Started with spatstat [2].
  • Handling shapefiles in the spatstat package [3]


References

Methods

Evaluating Accessibility for Transport Planning

Accessibility Measures: Overview and Practical Applications

Fahui Wang (2012) "Measurement, Optimization, and Impact of Health CareAccessibility: A Methodological Review", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102:5,1104-1112, DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.657146


Applications

Mcgrail, Matthew R. ; Humphreys, John S. (2009) "Measuring spatial accessibility to primary care in rural areas: Improving the effectiveness of the two-step floating catchment area method" Applied Geography, Vol.29(4), pp.533-541.