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ascaad2023_141 |
| authors |
Qtait, Shatha |
| year |
2023 |
| title |
The Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model for Primary Health Care Facilities Planning: A Selected Case Study in Amman |
| source |
C+++: Computation, Culture, and Context – Proceedings of the 11th International Conference of the Arab Society for Computation in Architecture, Art and Design (ASCAAD), University of Petra, Amman, Jordan [Hybrid Conference] 7-9 November 2023, pp. 400-423. |
| summary |
This study integrates a procedural approach to Primary Health Care Facilities (PHCFs) planning in Jordan, by combining Public Facilities Urban Planning Principles and Guidelines with a Hierarchical Location Allocation Model (HLAM) through the Process of Systematic Urban Planning suggested by Chadwick (1969) and Lee (1973). The objective of this study is to offer planners and decision makers a framework that can help them make decisions when selecting the locations for PHCFs. The study methodology is based on an analytical approach to analyse data, and then an experimental approach was employed to investigate the relations between the study variables to test the study hypothesis and to answer the key questions. The study highlights the healthcare system of Jordan, and it suggests PHCF planning standards. The study also highlights the principles of public facilities urban planning, and the use of models in urban planning particularly HLAM. Then, the study introduces “HLAM Application” as a study tool which was built particularly to solve HLAM for primary healthcare system of Jordan.The results indicate that PHCF planning in Jordan suffers from the low efficiency of the spatial distribution in conformity with the population density and the max distance to the nearest healthcare facility and does not fulfill the public facilities urban planning principles and the hierarchy system of PHCF adopted by the Ministry of Health. |
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