Accessibility Measures for Analyses of Land Use and Travelling with Geographical Information Systems

This paper will compare existing accessibility measures and develop and vary one of these measures for comprehensive analysis of land use impact on accessibility using GIS. The paper is based on a literature survey, a review of the geographical information in digital maps and available data on population and potential destinations. The focus is on place accessibility, but it also touches on individual accessibility. The accessibility measure chosen for the case study is a zone-to-point distance measure, estimated separately for different types of opportunities and different road-users. The distances between origins and destinations are measured as the shortest network distance and actual driving time. A customised ArcView Network Analyst is used.