ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL SCALEON THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE ERROR: A PRELIMINARY STEP FOR QUALITY OF LIFE STUDIES
Improving citizens' quality of life is a relevant research topic from long time. Several papers emphasized the geographical dimension of such a multidimensional problem. In a sub-category of those studies, the degree of satisfaction of the citizens’ needs is obtained by calculating the distanc...
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| Language: | English |
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European Association of Geographers
2023-04-01
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| Series: | European Journal of Geography |
| Online Access: | https://eurogeojournal.eu/index.php/egj/article/view/412 |
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| Summary: | Improving citizens' quality of life is a relevant research topic from long time. Several
papers emphasized the geographical dimension of such a multidimensional problem. In
a sub-category of those studies, the degree of satisfaction of the citizens’ needs is
obtained by calculating the distance between the centroid of the polygon that expresses
the boundary of the administrative district, within the city, where they live and the
location of relevant public services in the area. An open issue is up to which
geographical scale it is meaningful to push this approach. Our opinion is that the answer
to such a question depends on the geography of the administrative units one refers to.
So, the only way to know what to do consists in conducting a preliminary computation
devoted to investigate the geometrical structure of the administrative units. In
connection with this issue, our paper reports the findings of a case study regarding the
three administrative levels of Italy.
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| ISSN: | 1792-1341 2410-7433 |