Facility-based planning methodology for rural roads using spatial techniques

Planning for Protected Areas Using Spatial and Temporal Metrics

Rural Roads

INTRODUCTION Rural Road connectivity is a key component of rural development, since it promotes access to economic and social services, thereby generating increased agricultural productivity, non-agriculture employment as well as non-agricultural productivity, which in turn expands rural growth opportunities and real income through which poverty can be reduced. A study (Fan et al. 1999) carried...

Using Visualization for the Design Process of Rural Roads

The three-dimensional image of a road, which gives drivers all the important information for driving, is only obtained when three design levels are superimposed. If design engineers do not follow current standards during this complex process, shortcomings may occur and effect road safety. That’s why during the classical road design process he must check the three-dimensional alignment with the ...

New spatial clustering-based models for optimal urban facility location considering geographical obstacles

The problems of facility location and the allocation of demand points to facilities are crucial research issues in spatial data analysis and urban planning. It is very important for an organization or governments to best locate its resources and facilities and efficiently manage resources to ensure that all demand points are covered and all the needs are met. Most of the recent studies, which f...

Roads to Participatory Planning: Integrating Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Transport Prioritization in Rural Lesotho

It is increasingly understood that transport infrastructure and services are critical elements to achieving poverty reduction, gender equality, and sustainable development, but relevant methods to systematically characterize and address differences in mobility and access are lagging. This paper presents a series of maps based on an integrated pilot application of geographical information system...