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Accessibility of public services in an urban environment : a case study of public libraries in the east region of Singapore
Author
Low, Lester Chern Tsai
Supervisor
Kam, Tin Seong
Abstract
The concept of accessibility is taken up as a major area of concern with respects to the location of public libraries in Singapore. A Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) for library planning has been designed and developed, where the database management capabilities of GIS is loosely coupled with Flowmap, a stand-alone spatial data analysis software, Excel, a spreadsheet software and SPSSPC, a commercially available statistical package. Two accessibility measures - Proximity Count and Catchment Area Analysis are utilised extensively to measure the accessibility of existing libraries in the East Region. The accessibility of libraries is measured from the supply-side analysis as well as the demand-side analysis. To complement the demand-side analysis, this research has examined the behavioural aspects of library usage. The main findings have revealed that the existing libraries are not situated at optimum locations. With the application of the SDSS, two more community libraries and eight more children's libraries have been proposed and added to the existing set of libraries. The new set of libraries is evaluated and proven to be located at optimum locations, which maximises the coverage and minimises the travel distance.
Date Issued
1999
Call Number
Z845.S5 Low
Date Submitted
1999