Author: Rajesh Sharma
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Thesis no.RD-16-07
Year: 2016
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (M. Sc.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2016
Examination Committee: Jayant Kumar Routray (Chairperson); Mokbul Morshed Ahmad, Djoen San Santoso (Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: Key objectives of the research were to assess road network development in terms of road connectivity and accessibility and to assess its effect on primary sector especially on selected crop production. Both connectivity and accessibility were measured based on time series data to evaluateif there is any change due to changes in road length and density. Connectivity is the degree of connection between all pairs of functional centers.Accessibility on the other hand is an indicator which measures an ease of access among opportunities distributed over space. Further, the study was conducted to measure effects on primary sector using selected variables on crop production in sample areas of the study district.Graph theory was used to measure connectivity using three different connectivity indicators. Spatial analysis was used to evaluate the accessibility situation in district level using isochrones buffers. Variables based on walking distance from settlements to the nearest road head were operationalized. To measure the effect of transport development, two areas were selected based on accessibility analysis as accessible area and remote area. Transport development effect on accessible area (experimental group) was measured with respect to remote area as a control group. A questionnaire survey was used to collect relevant data related to crop production with a total of 108 sample household respondents. The study found that, in general the road length and density are positively associated with connectivity. But in particular case it is not always true. Connectivity does not only depend on road length and density, but also depend on location of roads and its nature of the connection for example, whether the road is enhancing existing graph by creating alternative routes or creating a new graph and whether the road is connecting existing nodes or creating additional dead-ends. On the other hand, it was found that the road length and density are positively ass
Scholarship Donor(s): Joint Japan/World Bank GraduateScholarship Program (JJ/WBGSP), Asian Institute of Technology Fellowship
Note: A thesis submitted inpartial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Regional and Rural Development Planning
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