Quantifying Access Disadvantage and Gathering Information in Rural and Remote Localities
The Griffith Service Access Frame
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.47381/aijre.v13i1.488Keywords:
rural access, geographic classifications, rural and remote areasAbstract
This paper argues that a purely geographic classification is not the best way to determine objective measures ofrural disadvantage in Australia. What is required is an objective, accurate, research-based and independently validated classification that can be used to inform policy decisions and strategies to improve the lives of rural and remote Australians, especially
Indigenous Australians in these areas. The Griffith Service Access Frame (GSAF) was developed by the author, specifically to quantify the service access ofpopulation centres in rural and remote areas of Australia. The model allows any population centre in the nation to scored according to its Population Size; the Time, Cost and Distance factors associated with accessing a given level of services; and the Economic Resources that the population can apply to the task of overcoming access disadvantage.
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