location factors are among the basic components of development of rural industries in general and agricultural product processing industries in particular. the present study, with the aim of analyzing location factors affecting establishment of agricultural product processing industries in north khorasan province, was carried out through the description- survey method. the statistical populatio...

INTRODUCTION There is a great health services disparity between urban and rural areas in China. The percentage of people who are unable to access health services due to long travel times increases. This paper takes Donghai County as the study unit to analyse areas with physician shortages and characteristics of the potential spatial accessibility of health services. We analyse how the unequal h...

Official Veterinarians (OVs) from across the U.K. came together recently at conference organised to provide targeted CPD for their particular roles. With the theme of 'Reducing the impact of notifiable diseases in the UK', the meeting considered a wide range of topics, spanning large animal, small animal and equine issues. Georgina Mills reports on some of the sessions.

Abstract Relationships between the organisation of pedestrian network and location distribution activities represent an important element in improving accessibility to urban services interest elderly. This paper proposes a methodology aimed at defining new measure for We first identify characteristics built environment that may impact upon elderly, weight each feature using AHP analysis. Walkin...

In Germany, orthopedic workforce planning relies on population-to-provider-ratios represented by the 'official degree of care provision'. However, with geographic information systems (GIS), more sophisticated measurements are available. By utilizing GIS-based technologies we analyzed the current state of demand and supply of the orthopedic workforce in Germany (orthopedic accessibility) with th...