Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data

Mikou, Mehdi; Rozenberg, Julie; Koks, Elco; Fox, Charles James Edward; Quiros, Tatiana Peralta

doi:10.1596/1813-9450-8746

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“…It is estimated that the Rural Access Index for sub-Saharan Africa is at 33.9% (World Bank 2016: p. 3). This index measures the fraction of people who have access to an all-season road within a walking distance of approximately 2 km (Mikou et al 2019).…”

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India–Africa Partnerships for Food Security and Capacity Building

Chakravarty¹,

Whitbread²,

Gaur³

et al. 2021

International Political Economy Series

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Section: Development Of Agri-logisticsmentioning

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India–Africa Partnerships for Food Security and Capacity Building

Chakravarty¹,

Whitbread²,

Gaur³

et al. 2021

International Political Economy Series

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“…Current estimates of the RAI indicate that some 900 million rural dwellers worldwide do not have adequate access to a formal transport system (Roberts, Kc & Rastogi, 2006). Mikou et al (2019) used WorldPop population and Open Street Map network data to estimate the RAI and found that, assuming optimistic GDP growth, rural accessibility would only increase from 39 to 52 percent by 2030 across all developing countries. For this indicator, Mariathasan, Bezuidenhoudt & Olympio (2019) used Namibia as an example to calculate the possibility of road traffic through the global population grid.…”

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Monitoring of UN sustainable development goal SDG-9.1.1: study of Algerian “Belt and Road” expressways constructed by China

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Niu

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The proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road is an indicator of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 9.1.1. This paper aims to calculate SDG indicator 9.1.1 in the proximity of five Algerian expressways. Three monitoring methods are proposed for different spatial regions based on the five expressways built by China’s Belt and Road Initiative Project. These methods are based on remote sensing and WorldPop and The High Resolution Settlement Layer (HRSL) population data. The results indicate that (1) the WorldPop population statistics show that the five expressways built by China’s Belt Project have increased the rural population of the 2 km buffer zone by 192,016 between the start of construction and eight years after its completion. By the end of 2019, the population increased by 329,291 accounting for 1.17% of the rural population. (2) Based on populations estimated form built-up index (NDBI) building areas, the rural populations within the 2 km buffer area of the Bejaia-Haniff Expressway in 2011, 2015, and 2019 were 273,118, 306,430, and 375,408, respectively. (3) HRSL population grid statistics indicate that, in 2015, the populations were: East-West Expressway = 911,549, Bejaia Expressway = 127,471, Tipaza Expressway = 71,411, North-South Expressway = 30,583, and Cherchell Ring Expressway = 41,657. (4) A visual interpretation method based on Google Earth imagery was used to count the number of buildings and number of building floors in the town of Tikhramtath. Based on the estimated population of each building and floor, the population of Tikhramtath town in 2011, 2015, 2017, and 2019 was estimated as 1,790, 2,785, 3,365, and 3,870, respectively. (5) Through analysis and accuracy assessment, the appropriate statistical methods for different regions were determined.

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“…The methods and calculations used to determine the Rural Accessibility Index have evolved quickly since its inception, and in recent years, driven also with advances in analytics, availability of geo-reference data, and computing power, several new methods have been developed (Transport & ICT 2016;Mikou et al 2019). To keep these methods simple and straightforward, the calculations of this index and the prioritization of interventions have been focusing on the origin of population, for example, where rural people live, but they do not consider the destination of that access and the facilities to which they are getting access.…”

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Analyzing Flooding Impacts on Rural Access to Hospitals and other Critical Services in Rural Cambodia using Geo-Spatial Information and Network Analysis

Alegre¹,

Stanton-Geddes²,

Aliyev³

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Assessing Rural Accessibility and Rural Roads Investment Needs Using Open Source Data

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

India–Africa Partnerships for Food Security and Capacity Building

India–Africa Partnerships for Food Security and Capacity Building

Monitoring of UN sustainable development goal SDG-9.1.1: study of Algerian “Belt and Road” expressways constructed by China

Analyzing Flooding Impacts on Rural Access to Hospitals and other Critical Services in Rural Cambodia using Geo-Spatial Information and Network Analysis

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