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Accessibility is present in various segments of modern society and can be understood from several perspectives. The concept of accessibility deserves special attention in its use, since it has a wide use (Gould 1969; Penchansky and Thomas 1981; Järv et al. 2018). In the literature, it is possible to find the term related to the main physical components of the urban structure: people, transport, and places of social activity (Järv et al. 2018) and may also be related to the economic environment, access to care health (Fransen et al. 2018; Guagliardo 2004), and other specific segments. In this context, as an example, it can be said that accessibility is present in the efficiency of the transportation network, distribution strategies, and land use (Hansen 1959; Gutierrez and García-Palomares 2008), and the economic performance of the cities (Salas-Olmedo et al. 2016...
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Reolão, M.R., Michel, J.A. (2019). Contribution for Affordable and Accessible Infrastructure for Sustainable Cities. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Sustainable Cities and Communities. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71061-7_34-1
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