Proximity, accessibility and choice : a matter of taste or condition?

• Drawing on a combination of register data and travel survey data, this research explores changes in the accessibility to different amenities for the Swedish population between 1995 and 2005, as well as the reasons behind the changes: redistribution of either amenities or the population. Overall, proximity has increased concerning most of the amenities during the period. However, despite decreasing 'potential' distances, actual travel distances are growing longer due to, for example, an increasing selectivity in preferences. An analysis of the accessibility development for service amenities shows that restructuring within the service sector is the main cause of the changes, and to a lesser extent population redistribution.

Subject headings

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Accessibility

proximity

amenities

structural change

population redistribution

Human geography, economic geography

Kulturgeografi, ekonomisk geografi

Social and Economic Geography

kulturgeografi

Accessibility

proximity

amenities

structural change

population redistribution

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)