Author, as appears in the article.: Domenech, Antoni Gutierrez, Aaron

Department: Geografia

e-ISSN: 2220-9964

URV's Author/s: Gutiérrez Palomero, Aaron

Keywords: Transit connectivity Tourism System Spatial coverage Service Seasonality Quality Public transport Performance Job accessibility Impacts Geographic information systems Equity Energy Areas

Abstract: This article develops a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness and spatial coverage of public transport in tourist cities. The proposed methodology is applied and validated in Cambrils municipality, in the central part of the Costa Daurada in Catalonia, a coastal destination characterised by the concentration of tourism flows during summer. The application of GIS spatial analysis tools allows for the development of a system of territorial indicators that spatially correlate the public transport network and the distribution of the population. The main novelty of our work is that this analysis not only includes the registered resident population, but also incorporates the population that temporarily inhabits the municipality (tourists). The results of the study firstly permit the detection of unequal spatial accessibility and coverage in terms of public transport in the municipality, with significant differences between central neighbourhoods and peripheral urban areas of lower population density. Secondly, they allow observation of how the degree of public transport coverage differs significantly in areas with a higher concentration of tourist accommodation establishments.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Remote sensing Medicina veterinaria Geography, planning and development Geography, physical Geografía Geociências Engenharias i Earth and planetary sciences (miscellaneous) Computers in earth sciences Computer science, information systems Ciencias sociales Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biodiversidade

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 22209964

Author's mail: aaron.gutierrez@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-0557-6319

Record's date: 2023-02-18

Journal volume: 6

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/3/83

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information. 6 (3):

APA: Domenech, Antoni Gutierrez, Aaron (2017). A GIS-based evaluation of the effectiveness and spatial coverage of public transport networks in tourist destinations. Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information, 6(3), -. DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6030083

Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6030083

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2017

Publication Type: Journal Publications