Spatial Justice Models: An Exploratory Analysis on Fair Distribution of Opportunities

Abstract Equity, fairness, and justice are related concepts widely discussed in several areas of study but remain an open field terms spatial support decision systems application. Uneven development have shown a tendency to amplify social inequalities alongside territories. To better understand the configuration distribution resources for different groups, multiple objective criteria can be used formulate optimal resource allocation. This work discusses by utilitarianism Rawlsian difference principle perspectives two models based on facility location problem (FLP) framework. Assuming proximity desired opportunity (service or resource) as measure wellbeing satisfaction, we weight distances nearest factor exponential function. Optimization results tend favor outliers weighted FLP, while regular FLP formulation heavy urban areas. We found that context based, groups determinant optimization process.