Rural population travel time to health services, mapped on Geographic Information System (GIS)

Authors

  • Ricardo Vicente Ferreira Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro
  • Jorge Gustavo da Graca Raffo Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2014.81101

Keywords:

Mapping, Geographic information system, Network impedances, Travel-time, Health care.

Abstract

Distance and travel time are important parameters in the evaluation of access to health services, especially for the population living in the countryside. In the present work, a GIS-based methodology is developed for the mapping of rural road networks and the determination of travel impedances in order to optimize the travel time of the rural population to health care facilities. Data on rural roads classes, slope, sinuosity, visibility and land use are considered in the composition of the impedances synthesis and its application on car travel time. The methodology was applied to the region of Registro (SP), and the results indicate an unequal distribution of health services.

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Author Biography

  • Jorge Gustavo da Graca Raffo, Universidade de São Paulo

    Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro. Área: Geografia.

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Published

2014-04-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Notas de pesquisa de campo

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FERREIRA, Ricardo Vicente; RAFFO, Jorge Gustavo da Graca. Rural population travel time to health services, mapped on Geographic Information System (GIS). GEOUSP Espaço e Tempo (Online), São Paulo, Brasil, v. 18, n. 1, p. 211–229, 2014. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2179-0892.geousp.2014.81101. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/geousp/article/view/81101.. Acesso em: 4 apr. 2025.