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A Theoretical Model of Net Accessibility in Public Facility Location
Author(s) -
Orloff Clifford S.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
geographical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-4632
pISSN - 0016-7363
DOI - 10.1111/j.1538-4632.1977.tb00577.x
Subject(s) - nobody , context (archaeology) , service (business) , computer science , process (computing) , location model , facility location problem , public service , transport engineering , operations research , business , computer security , geography , marketing , political science , public administration , engineering , archaeology , operating system
This paper presents a model for the location of public facilities that have noxious, undesirable characteristics as well as the beneficial characteristic of providing a needed service. Everyone wants a fire station relatively near his home, but nobody wants to live next door to one. The model suggests an economic and political structure that governs these siting decisions, and is descriptive in the sense that it reproduces empirically observable siting patterns. The numerical results analyzed provide some insight into the location process. Uses are outlined for the model in the operatipnal and planning context, as well as in the area of policy analysis.