Impact of Road Accessibility on the Quality of Life in Urban and Suburban Localities of Baja California, Mexico

Authors

  • Leonel García Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Alejandro Mungaray-Moctezuma Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Julio Calderón Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • Alejandro Sánchez-Atondo Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
  • José Gutiérrez-Moreno Universidad Autónoma de Baja California

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612019000100099

Keywords:

quality of life, urban centre, urban infrastructure

Abstract

The impact of the federal highway network on the quality of life of the urban and suburban population in the localities of Baja California in Mexico is evaluated through an analysis of relative and absolute accessibility conditions presented by the network, as well as interventions in road conservation in a decade of study. Likewise, the Urban Margin Indexes (UMI) is measured at a territorial scale called the Basic Geostatistics Area (BGEA), in an ex-ante and ex-post situation. It is observed that the priority has been to intervene on the primary road network and that in certain localities of the five municipalities of the entity it is necessary to intervene in the feeder and secondary network. It is concluded that those localities with greater accessibility within the road network are those with the lowest levels of UMI, mainly those that intersect with a road with wider widths of cross-section.

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Published

2019-01-02

How to Cite

García, L., Mungaray-Moctezuma, A., Calderón, J., Sánchez-Atondo, A., & Gutiérrez-Moreno, J. (2019). Impact of Road Accessibility on the Quality of Life in Urban and Suburban Localities of Baja California, Mexico. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 45(134). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612019000100099

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 134 (2019)

Section

Dossier: Accesibilidad y movilidad en la planificación urbana

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