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A Territorial Articulation Index for Rural Areas Applied to Four Spanish Comarcas

Publicated to:Growth And Change. 42 (3): 376-396 - 2011-09-01 42(3), DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2011.00557.x

Authors: Tolon-Becerra, Alfredo; Lastra-Bravo, Xavier; Ezquerra-Canalejo, Alejandra; Otero-Pastor, Isabel

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Planificación del Transporte. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Almeria, Dept Rural Engn, Almeria, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, TRANSyT Transport Invest Ctr, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

This paper proposes a model for calculating a composite index to evaluate the internal territorial cohesion or articulation of rural areas, specifically rural Spanish comarcas (groups of municipalities with common geographic and historical characteristics). Evaluation is based on the optimum spatial distributions of their urban nuclei and access to roads by their inhabitants. First, we built the index for spatial distributions of urban nuclei in each comarca. Next, we constructed road accessibility indexes for all urban nuclei to each other and to the main urban nucleus (defined by the largest concentration of services). Based on these indexes, we developed an Internal Territorial Articulation Index (ITAI) that reflects the spatial distribution of the territory's urban nuclei in terms of their aggregation, internal accessibility within the comarca, and relationship with the main urban nucleus. The ITAI was applied to four Spanish comarcas in the province of Almeria: Almeria Alpujarra, Almanzora, Los Velez, and Almeria Poniente. The results are highly varied and allow areas with low degrees of territorial articulation or coherence to be identified either by the distribution of their urban nuclei or by their poor accessibility to roads. Results were unfavourable in mountainous regions with steep slopes and in areas furthest from the province's large urban nuclei. The conclusions may help develop settlement and road transport infrastructure strategies in these rural comarcas.

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CountyHealth-careIndicatorsSpatial accessibility

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Growth And Change due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2011, it was in position 23/54, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Planning & Development. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Global and Planetary Change.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-07:

  • WoS: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 24 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (OTERO PASTOR, M. ISABEL).