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Identification of levels of availability of facilities: Case study of DehraDun
Selection of Facilities for Analysis
For a sound study it would have been better to select all kinds of facilities and services required for urban areas but due to time constrain it was not feasible. Hence in the present study only following facilities have been considered. These are Bank, Post Office, Primary School (govt. aided), Secondary School (govt. aided), Health Post, Hospital, Fire Station, Road Transport, Water Supply and Sewerage.
Spatial Analysis
The existing gap between demand and available resource in developing countries makes the attempts to solving the problem of unbalanced distribution of infrastructure services more difficult. This problem necessitates the issue of assessing the exact level of infrastructure services in different areas, to be able to rank them accordingly. This study could be used for the DehraDun Corporation area in providing a methodology, with which to monitor infrastructure provision. The methodology could answer the following specific questions:
- In which areas the infrastructure lacking is higher and has to be given priority for action?
- Which aspects should be given priority for improvement?
- Which sectors are performing properly?
For analysis, population density map and buffer zone maps of facilities are used to find out the number of people being served by the existing utilities & services in DehraDun Corporation area. ARC/INFO and ARCVIEW software have been used for spatial analysis. Buffer zones considered for each type of facility is presented below.
| FACILITY |
BUFFER ZONE
(In meter) |
MODE OF TRAVEL |
| Bank |
1000
1500 |
Walking
,, |
| Post office |
500
1000 |
,,
,, |
| Primary School (govt. aided) |
500
1000 |
,,
,, |
| Secondary School (govt. aided) |
1000
2000 |
,,
Vehicle |
| Health Post |
500
1000 |
Walking
,, |
| Hospital |
1000
2000
3000 |
Walking
Vehicle
,, |
| Bus Stand (long distance) |
3000
5000 |
,,
,, |
| Local Bus Route |
500
1000 |
Walking
,, |
| Vikram Route |
250
500 |
,,
,, |
| Other Roads |
100 |
,, |
| Fire Station |
5000
10000 |
Vehicle
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