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                                                                                    <journal-title>Kastamonu University Journal of Engineering and Sciences</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2667-8209</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Kastamonu Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.55385/kastamonujes.1099909</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Engineering</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Mühendislik</subject>
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                                                                                                                                                            <article-title>Geographical accessibility of health care network via GIS in Kastamonu</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-8630</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çakır</surname>
                                    <given-names>Cansel</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>KASTAMONU ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-5137</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Işınkaralar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Öznur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3383-7822</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Öztürk</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sevgi</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20220627">
                    <day>06</day>
                    <month>27</month>
                    <year>2022</year>
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                                        <volume>8</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>60</fpage>
                                        <lpage>68</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220407">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>07</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20220609">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2015, Kastamonu Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Fen Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2015</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Kastamonu Üniversitesi Mühendislik ve Fen Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                                        <abstract><p>Accessibility is one factor that increases the quality of life in urban areas. Accessibility is an indicator that reflects the ease of reaching an intended point or location. In general, access to healthcare relates to the population in a given area combining the physical distance between home and the location of a healthcare facility. In the study carried out to reach the health service facilities in Kastamonu Central district, the accessible areas of the facilities within walking distance were calculated with the help of GIS at a distance of 300-500 meters with the network analysis technique. With the help of spatial analysis, it aims to determine the current situation and help plans be created to consider the needs of society. In the current situation, the points that can be improved in terms of access to health institutions in the research area have been mentioned, and suggestions have been made.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Accessibility</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Health</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  GIS</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Network Analysis</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kastamonu</kwd>
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