Memorias de investigación
Ponencias en congresos:
Accessibility instruments for planning practice: bridging the gap between academic research and decision-making.
Año:2014
Áreas de investigación
  • Transporte
Datos
Descripción
One of the core objectives of urban planning practice is to provide spatial equity in terms of opportunities and use of public space and facilities. Accessibility is the element that serves this purpose as a concept linking the reciprocal relationship between transport and land use, thus shaping individual potential mobility to reach the desired destinations. Accessibility concepts are increasingly acknowledged as fundamental to understand the functioning of cities and urban regions. Indeed, by introducing them in planning practice, better solutions can be achieved in terms of spatial equity. The COST Action TU1002 "Accessibility instruments for planning practice" was specifically designed to address the gap between scientific research in measuring and modelling accessibility, and the current use of indicators of accessibility in urban planning practice. This paper shows the full process of introducing an easily understandable measure of accessibility to planning practitioners in Madrid, which is one of the case studies of the above-mentioned COST action. Changes in accessibility after the opening of a new metro line using contour measures were analyzed and then presented to a selection of urban planners and practitioners in Madrid as part of a workshop to evaluate the usefulness of this tool for planning practice. Isochrone maps were confirmed as an effective tool, as their utility can be supplemented by other indicators, and being GIS-based, it can be easily computed (when compared with transport models) and integrated with other datasets.
Internacional
Si
Nombre congreso
XVIII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito, Transporte y Logística, PANAM 2014
Tipo de participación
960
Lugar del congreso
Santander
Revisores
Si
ISBN o ISSN
978-84-617-0085-1
DOI
Fecha inicio congreso
11/06/2014
Fecha fin congreso
13/06/2014
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Hasta la página
16
Título de las actas
Actas del XVIII Congreso Panamericano de Ingeniería de Tránsito, Transporte y Logística, PANAM 2014
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Participantes
  • Autor: Rosa Maria Arce Ruiz UPM
  • Autor: Mariemil Carrasquel Quintero Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Autor: María Henar Salas-Olmedo Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Autor: Emilio Ortega Perez UPM
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  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Planificación del Transporte
  • Centro o Instituto I+D+i: Centro de Investigación del Transporte
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Civil: Transporte y Territorio
  • Departamento: Ingeniería y Gestión Forestal y Ambiental