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Assessment model of territorial articulation in rural areas. Application to four Spanish “comarcas”.

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This paper proposes a territorial articulation study model based on a set of indicators. The indicators used in this study were urban distribution, weighted distance of road network and road accessibility. We have applied the indicators to four regions in the Spanish province of Almería: Alpujarra Almeriense, Alto y medio Almanzora, Los Vélez and Poniente Almeriense. The results found show them to be highly heterogeneous, and allow areas with deficient road access or distribution of urban areas to be identified. Indexes were poorest for mountainous regions with high slopes and areas furthest from cities. The conclusions will contribute to improv ing the development strategies of Settlement and Road transport infra structures in these rural regions.

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  1. Department of Engineering Projects, University of Almería, Almería, Spain

    Alfredo Tolón-Becerra & Xavier Lastra-Bravo

  2. TRANSyT (Transport Investigation Centre)., Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Isabel Otero-Pastor & Pedro Pérez-Martínez

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Tolón-Becerra, A., Otero-Pastor, I., Lastra-Bravo, X., Pérez-Martínez, P. (2012). Assessment model of territorial articulation in rural areas. Application to four Spanish “comarcas”.. In: Rauch, S., Morrison, G. (eds) Urban Environment. Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2540-9_3

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