Pattern analysis of substandard and inadequate distribution of educational resources in urban–rural areas of Abbottabad, Pakistan
| dc.creator | Tanveer, Hashir | |
| dc.creator | Balz, Timo | |
| dc.creator | Sumari, Neema S. | |
| dc.creator | Shan, Rafi-us | |
| dc.date | 2021-01-26T12:26:49Z | |
| dc.date | 2021-01-26T12:26:49Z | |
| dc.date | 2019-06-04 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-25T08:51:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-10-25T08:51:22Z | |
| dc.description | Despite an extensive system of public schools, Abbottabad, Pakistan has a chronically low literacy rate. A factor contributing to these low literacy rates might be a spatial mismatch between public schools and dense settlements in fast-growing urban and semi-urban areas of this municipal region. To test this proposition, the locations of 153 public schools were collected using hand-held GPS devices to create a geo-database, and a road network was created from the open street map and Google imagery. Nearest neighbor, K-function, Spearman’s Rho, and directional analyses were applied to this data to overcome the limitations of sparse geospatial data. A point pattern analysis shows that more than 50% of secondary schools were clustered south of the city while most of the built-up area was in the north. Localizing Geospatial data, spatial restructuring, and reorganization of schools in the study area would support rational planning and enhance student access to school facilities. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | Hashir, T., Balz, T., Sumari, N. S., Shan, R., & Tanweer. 2019. Pattern Analysis of Substandard and Inadequate Distribution of Educational Resources in Urban-Rural Areas of Abbottabad, Pakistan. GeoJournal: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10029-x | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3352 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91315 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | GeoJournal | |
| dc.subject | Spatial mismatch | |
| dc.subject | Point pattern analysis | |
| dc.subject | Classification | |
| dc.subject | Public schools | |
| dc.subject | Abbottabad | |
| dc.title | Pattern analysis of substandard and inadequate distribution of educational resources in urban–rural areas of Abbottabad, Pakistan | |
| dc.type | Article |