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In many developing countries, lack of spatial information persists
on central and marginal areas of a region. Due to this information
deficit, regional planners can not easily justify planning measures in
order to overcome the disparities between the centers and the remote
areas or to separate the issues between them.
Furthermore, it is difficult to develop Land Use Plans without
knowing about the infrastucture, which is on the one hand a
prerequisite of plan implementation, and on the other hand indicating
deficits.
The following model provides an approach for mapping central and
marginal areas specifically to model and highlight:
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existing development deficits and demand that exists for
infrastucture within a region;
- Areas are of a high economic interest due to access to the
infrastructure (such as roads, water, electification);
- Inaccesible areas from where local infrastucture is almost not
accessible;
- Which forces and frictions are limiting factors for accessing
infrastructure from a given point;
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