Spatial Impact of the Road Infrastructure Development in Romania. An Accessibility Approach
Journal Title: Romanian Review of Regional Studies - Year 2015, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
This paper compares the spatial structure of accessibility in Romania before and after the implementation of some major national and/or European road infrastructure projects. This study suggests a new index for accessibility measurement by combining gravity-based models with Place Rank and adapting it to the Romanian system of settlements. Based on the GIS estimation of travel time, this index evaluates not only the geographical position of a specific community relative to the road network, but also the level of accessibility of rural and urban communities to the social services located in central places. The GIS-based maps indicate the existing disparities (between well-connected and isolated regions in terms of accessibility to the central places) and the impact of new infrastructure projects on these disparities. The resulting maps can be used as efficient tools for transport planning and development at different scales (international, national, regional and local).
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TITUS MAN, RAULARIAN RUSU, CIPRIAN MOLDOVAN, MARCEL IONESCU-HEROIU, NONA MOLDOVAN, IULIA HĂRĂNGUȘ
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