Accessibility of Universal Postal Service According to Access Points Density Criteria: Case Study of Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia
Keywords:
universal postal service, accessibility indicator, gravity model, distance-decay parameter
Abstract
Universal service providers have an obligation to provide a minimum required set of postal services – known as universal service obligation. To ensure universal service obligation, regulatory measures (criteria) which service providers must fulfil are often set up. In this paper, a geographical analysis of these criteria is conducted using current regulatory framework in the Republic of Croatia as an example. Based on the framework of the gravity model, accessibility of postal service is presented. The goal of the proposed research is to investigate the application of the gravity model for determining postal service accessibility, with special emphasis on rural areas. To our knowledge, this method has not been used in previous studies to determine accessibility of postal services. The results of the applied model could be used in future planning of access density criteria with various transportation modes.
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[46] Ngamini Ngui A, Apparicio P. Optimizing the two-step Floating Catchment Area Method for Measuring Spatial Accessibility to medical Clinics in Montreal. BMC Health Services Research. 2011;11(166). Available from: doi:10.1186/1472-6963-11-166 [Accessed 16 September 2017].
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[48] Mao L, Nekorchuk D. Measuring spatial accessibility to healthcare for populations with multiple transportation modes. Health and Place. 2013;24: 115-122. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.08.008 [Accessed 16 September 2017].
[49] Dony CC, Demelle EM, Demelle EC. Re-conceptualizing Accessibility to Parks in Multi-Modal Cities: A Variable-width Floating Catchment Area (VFCA) method. Landscape and Urban Planning. 2015;143: 90-99. Available from: doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.06.011 [Accessed 16 August 2017].
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[56] Transport Analysis. Travel and commodity flow survey. Available from: http://trafa.se/en/travel-survey/ [Accessed 12 October 2018].
[57] INFAS, DLR. Mobilität in Deutschland 2008. Available from: http://www.mobilitaet-in-deutschland.de/pdf/infas_MiD2008_Abschlussbericht_I.pdf [Accessed 10 October 2018].
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