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Main Authors: Nice, Kerry A., Stevenson, Mark
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09797
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author Nice, Kerry A.
Stevenson, Mark
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Stevenson, Mark
contents To measure access to social services (primary health care, early childhood care/education, and public transport), we created two social service access indexes (SSPT and SSI) for Australian capital cities. We show that only two cities, Melbourne and Sydney, have some limited characteristics of a compact or 15-minute city, but only in the city centres and inner city areas where population densities are highest and have less low density housing types. In the outer suburban and peri-urban areas, as well as across all of the remaining cities, proximity to social services is poor and residents suffer the consequences of spatial inequity.
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spellingShingle Urban Density and Equity of Access to Social Services in Australian Urban Areas
Nice, Kerry A.
Stevenson, Mark
Physics and Society
To measure access to social services (primary health care, early childhood care/education, and public transport), we created two social service access indexes (SSPT and SSI) for Australian capital cities. We show that only two cities, Melbourne and Sydney, have some limited characteristics of a compact or 15-minute city, but only in the city centres and inner city areas where population densities are highest and have less low density housing types. In the outer suburban and peri-urban areas, as well as across all of the remaining cities, proximity to social services is poor and residents suffer the consequences of spatial inequity.
title Urban Density and Equity of Access to Social Services in Australian Urban Areas
topic Physics and Society
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09797