Facility allocation strategies and the sustainability of service delivery: Modelling library patronage patterns and their related CO2-emissions |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2), 00014 Helsingin yliopisto, Finland;2. Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9), 00014 Helsingin yliopisto, Finland;1. School of Computer Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;2. School of Environment Science and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China;1. Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement/UMR 6249, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Montbéliard, France;2. Laboratoire ThéMA/UMR 6049, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté – UFR Lettres SHS, Besançon, France;1. School of Physics Optoelectronic Engineering, Xidian University, Xi?an, Shaanxi 710071, China;2. School of Photoelectric Engineering, Xi?an Technological University, Xi?an 710021, China;1. CERIS/ICIST, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal;2. Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-005 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Abstract: | Service accessibility and urban transportation choices are crucial in cities' endeavours for securing social equality and environmental sustainability. They are particularly relevant when the public service network is to be rationalized. In this paper we provide a practical example of comparing the impacts of current varying service allocation strategies on travel behaviour and the resulting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. We take libraries as a local public service to examine the CO2 emissions resulting from residents' library trips in the capital region of Finland. Our analyses are based on data on library use (library loan database, N = 420,000), accessibility (comparable models of travel-time by car, public transportation and non-motorized transport) and customer transport choices (survey, n = 584). Our results show that (1) 52% of library customers use a library that is accessible from their home with minimum CO2 emissions (the “climate-optimal” facility provider), (2) the remaining 48% that choose a non-optimal facility provider produce nearly 90% of the total CO2-emissions related to library customer flows and (3) the service allocation strategies of the different municipalities lead to markedly different CO2-emission patterns resulting from service usage. To conclude, sustainability measures (in our case the CO2 burden) provide useful information on the impact of a service network structure which may be used alongside economic rationales. |
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| Keywords: | Mode choice Public library Service allocation Service network Transportation |
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