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A GIS-Based Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Spatial Coverage of Public Transport Networks in Tourist Destinations

  • Dades identificatives

    Identificador: PC:2964
    Autors:
    Gutiérrez, A.Domènech, A.
    Resum:
    DOI: 10.3390/ijgi6030083 URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/6/3/83 Filiació URV: SI
  • Altres:

    Autor segons l'article: Gutiérrez, A.; Domènech, A.
    Departament: Geografia
    Autor/s de la URV: GUTIÉRREZ PALOMERO, AARON; Domènech, A.
    Paraules clau: Geographic Information Systems public transport Seasonality
    Resum: 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.
    Grup de recerca: GRATET. Anàlisi Territorial i Estudis Turístics
    Àrees temàtiques: Turisme i oci Turismo y ocio Tourism and leisure
    Accès a la llicència d'ús: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 2220-9964
    Identificador de l'autor: 0000-0003-0557-6319; n/a
    Data d'alta del registre: 2017-12-10
    Volum de revista: 6
    Versió de l'article dipositat: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    URL Document de llicència: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Entitat: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Any de publicació de la revista: 2017
    Tipus de publicació: Article Artículo Article
  • Paraules clau:

    transport públic*
    SIG*
    destinacions turístiques*
    Geographic Information Systems
    public transport
    Seasonality
    Turisme i oci
    Turismo y ocio
    Tourism and leisure
    2220-9964
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