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Title:

Cross-Border Development and Accessibility: The Case of Portugal and Spain

Accession Number:

01557026

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Understanding the impact of road infrastructure on regional development in the context of the European Union is one of the key areas of research for the promotion of sustainable territorial development. The border areas are peripheral territories in the context of the countries where they are located and traditionally they are less dynamic in socioeconomic terms. Under the Trans-European Transport Networks program and funding's, some of them have been benefiting from new transport infrastructures, particularly roads, with a substantial gain in accessibility. This paper aims to analyze the impact brought by these infrastructures in the spatial development of border areas, between Portugal and Spain. The methodology includes the development of a Spatial Regression Analysis process between variables that reflect accessibility and variables that reflect local development. The geographical unit used is the municipality. The Spatial Regression Analysis includes evaluation of spatial behavior for some variables, the so called Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis, or LISA maps. This step is essential to analyse in these areas, at a municipal level, the spatial behavior with statistical significance of relevant variables to include in Spatial Regressions, including accessibility. In this study there is an effect of border with statistical significance, related with how the variables values are distributed geographically and how they relate to each other. Therefore it is possible to see that the location is a factor to consider in this analysis and that Spatial Regression represents a good approach for studying border areas.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADA20 Metropolitan Policy, Planning, and Processes.

Monograph Accession #:

01550057

Report/Paper Numbers:

15-3849

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Fontes, Maria João
Ribeiro, Anabela
Silva, Jorge

Pagination:

14p

Publication Date:

2015

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Portugal; Spain

Subject Areas:

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2015 Paper #15-3849

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 30 2014 1:16PM