Analysis of the Spatial Distribution of Pre-hospital Emergency Centers in Ardabil City

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor of Geography, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Planning, Branch Ardabil, University Azad Islamic, Ardabil, Iran

10.22111/gdij.2025.49328.3667

Abstract

Pre-hospital emergency centers are one of the centers that are involved in providing the health of people and society, so their lack, insufficiency and lack of optimal location causes many problems for the residents. in terms of its purpose, this research is an applied and descriptive-analytical research. The aim of the current research is to analyze the spatial distribution of pre-hospital emergency centers in Ardabil city and to identify the service area of each center using Network Analysis technique in GIS. the research has been done in three phases. The 1) creating of geodatabase required for analysis, 2) creating a network analysis layer with the border of the city and analyze the service areas based on time and distance standards, 3) identifying urban neighborhoods deprived of pre-hospital emergency services. the global time standard of 3 minutes and the common standard of 8 minutes in Iran have been used. Also, a functional radius of 1700 meters has been considered serving with the emergency centers. The results showed that the city of Ardabil is not in a favorable situation in the proportional distribution of emergency centers on the city level, and all urban areas are not fully covered. in areas such as Kosar and Dadgostari towns around Shorabil Lake, Also, in the northwest of the city, in the neighborhood of Salmanabad, the service gap of the emergency centers is clearly visible. With relocation of existing centers or building new centers in the towns if of Sahili, Kosar, and Keshaavarzi, and finally in Salmanabad neighborhood, the service gap will be reduced and the city will be more covered.
 

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  • Receive Date: 20 July 2024
  • Revise Date: 22 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 February 2025

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