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Wu, S., Chen, B., An, J. et al. Measuring global human accessibility to essential daily necessities and services. Nat Commun

Objective:

  • How much travel time is required for urban residents to access essential daily necessities and services
  • What are the global patterns of the x-minute city model
  • To what extent does disparity in the travel time to access daily necessities and services vary across geographic, urbanization and socioeconomic spectrums

Case:

  • Global

Methodology:

  • Spatial friction

Data Source

  • Global POI (Overture Maps)
  • Road network with speed assignment, Elevation equation
  • Land cover and GHSL
  • WorldPop

Findings:

  • 62.8% and 82.5% of urban residents live within a 15- and 30-minute walk of essential resources

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