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Spatial accessibility of emergency medical services under inclement weather: a case study in Beijing, China
Yuting Zhang
School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Kai Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Joint International Research Laboratory of Catastrophe Simulation and Systemic Risk Governance, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
Xiaoyong Ni
School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Joint International Research Laboratory of Catastrophe Simulation and Systemic Risk Governance, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
Ming Wang
School of National Safety and Emergency Management, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
Joint International Research Laboratory of Catastrophe Simulation and Systemic Risk Governance, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai 519087, China
Jianchun Zheng
Beijing Research Center of Urban System Engineering, Beijing 100035, China
Mengting Liu
Beijing Research Center of Urban System Engineering, Beijing 100035, China
Dapeng Yu
Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK
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This article is aimed at developing a method to quantify the influence of inclement weather on the accessibility of emergency medical services (EMSs) in Beijing, China, and identifying the vulnerable areas that could not get timely EMSs under inclement weather. We found that inclement weather could reduce the accessibility of EMSs by up to 40%. Furthermore, towns with lower baseline EMSs accessibility are more vulnerable when inclement weather occurs.
This article is aimed at developing a method to quantify the influence of inclement weather on...
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