Spatial accessibility in urban regeneration areas : a population-weighted method assessing the social amenity provision

dc.contributor.authorGutting, Robinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGerhold, Mariaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorRößler, Stefanieen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-17T12:44:29Z
dc.date.available2021-11-17T12:44:29Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionCITATION: Gutting, R., Gerhold, M. & Rößler, S. 2021. Spatial accessibility in urban regeneration areas : a population-weighted method assessing the social amenity provision. Urban Planning, 6(4):89-201, doi:10.17645/up.v6i4.4425.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning
dc.description.abstractPrinciples of social sustainability serve to guide urban regeneration programmes around the world. Increasingly, the upholding of these principles is subject to qualified evaluation and monitoring. One of the cornerstones of social sustainability is access to basic services. This is also a strategic and operational objective in urban regeneration measures. While indicator-based evaluations of accessibility do exist, hitherto they have tended to apply descriptive statistics or density parameters only. Therefore, there is a need for small-scale, regularly updated information on accessibility, such as the nearest facility based on street networks and population density. This deficit can often be attributed to the complex methodological requirements. To meet this need, our article presents a method for determining the spatial accessibility of basic services with low data requirements. Accessibility is measured in walking time and linked to the local population distribution. More specifically, GIS tools in connection with land survey data are used to estimate the number of inhabitants per building; the walking time needed to reach four types of social amenity along the street network is then determined for each building; finally, a population-weighted accessibility index is derived and mapped in a 50-m grid. To test this method, we investigated four urban regeneration areas in Dresden, Germany. The results show that with freely available geodata, it is possible to identify neighbourhoods and buildings with both high population densities and poor accessibility to basic services. Corresponding maps can be used to monitor urban regeneration measures or form a basis for further action.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/4425
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent13 pages
dc.identifier.citationGutting, R., Gerhold, M. & Rößler, S. 2021. Spatial accessibility in urban regeneration areas : a population-weighted method assessing the social amenity provision. Urban Planning, 6(4):89-201, doi:10.17645/up.v6i4.4425
dc.identifier.issn2183-7635 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.17645/up.v6i4.4425
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123470
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherCogitatio
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyright
dc.subjectUrban renewalen_ZA
dc.subjectPopulation densityen_ZA
dc.subjectBasic servicesen_ZA
dc.subjectUrban renewal -- Economic aspectsen_ZA
dc.titleSpatial accessibility in urban regeneration areas : a population-weighted method assessing the social amenity provisionen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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