Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal
This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the decision-making process for the location of large public facilities, responding to the growing demand for greater rationality in public investment whilst still offering services of quality and addressing the problem of spatial friction. The specifi...
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| author | Jorge Gonçalves J. Antunes Ferreira Beatriz Condessa |
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| description | This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the decision-making process for the location of large public facilities, responding to the growing demand for greater rationality in public investment whilst still offering services of quality and addressing the problem of spatial friction. The specific problem analysed in this paper is the need to define the best location for a public hospital in a particular region of Portugal. The singularity of the approach adopted lies above all in the seg- mentation into macro-location and micro-location. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47da237e4d02471995ecec9e2d2abff82022-12-22T03:50:39ZengPAGEPress PublicationsGeospatial Health1827-19871970-70962014-11-01911610.4081/gh.2014.11Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, PortugalJorge Gonçalves0J. Antunes Ferreira1Beatriz Condessa2Centre for Urban and Regional Systems, Instituto Superior Técnico, LisboaCentre for Urban and Regional Systems, Instituto Superior Técnico, LisboaCentre for Urban and Regional Systems, Instituto Superior Técnico, LisboaThis paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the decision-making process for the location of large public facilities, responding to the growing demand for greater rationality in public investment whilst still offering services of quality and addressing the problem of spatial friction. The specific problem analysed in this paper is the need to define the best location for a public hospital in a particular region of Portugal. The singularity of the approach adopted lies above all in the seg- mentation into macro-location and micro-location.http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/1public facility, macro-location, micro-location, local development, hospital, Portugal. |
| spellingShingle | Jorge Gonçalves J. Antunes Ferreira Beatriz Condessa Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal Geospatial Health public facility, macro-location, micro-location, local development, hospital, Portugal. |
| title | Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal |
| title_full | Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal |
| title_fullStr | Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal |
| title_short | Making regional facility location decisions: the example of Hospital do Oeste Norte, Portugal |
| title_sort | making regional facility location decisions the example of hospital do oeste norte portugal |
| topic | public facility, macro-location, micro-location, local development, hospital, Portugal. |
| url | http://www.geospatialhealth.net/index.php/gh/article/view/1 |
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