This study investigates the interplay between equality of access and resilience in urban facility development using 30 million anonymized smartphone location data from ten US metropolitan counties. The researchers calibrated models to optimize facility distribution, finding that inequality of access stems from inconsistencies between population and facility distributions. Minimizing total travel costs reduces this inequality, and more equitable distribution increases resilience by 10-30%, depending on the facility and county. The results highlight the interconnectedness of resilience and equality in urban planning.
Publisher
npj Urban Sustainability
Published On
Mar 31, 2022
Authors
Chao Fan, Xiangqi Jiang, Ronald Lee, Ali Mostafavi
Tags
urban planning
equity of access
smartphone data
resilience
facility distribution
travel costs
metropolitan development
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