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Table 7 Inequality indicators of accessibility levels given current and expected future road networks and the Compact and BAU scenarios of population change

From: Accessibility and territorial cohesion in a case of transport infrastructure improvements with changing population distributions

Data source	Observed					Modelled
Network	1970	2012				2006	2030
Population	1971 (r)	1971		2011		2006 (I)	2006 (II)		Compact scenario (III)		BAU scenario (IV)
Coefficient of variation			% dif		% dif			% dif		% dif		% dif
Location	0.074	0.046	−37.6	0.041	−44.0	0.191	0.182	−4.5	0.184	−3.5	0.179	−6.2
Network efficiency	0.143	0.051	−64.2	0.052	−63.4	0.041	0.033	−18.7	0.033	−20.7	0.033	−20.7
Potential	0.432	0.332	−23.2	0.336	−22.3	0.285	0.266	−6.7	0.269	−5.8	0.273	−4.3
Daily	0.596	0.423	−29.0	0.426	−28.5	0.430	0.391	−9.1	0.393	−8.7	0.394	−8.4
Gini index
Location	0.042	0.026	−38.2	0.023	−44.5	0.099	0.097	−2.4	0.097	−2.1	0.094	−4.8
Network efficiency	0.066	0.025	−62.2	0.025	−61.7	0.023	0.019	−19.3	0.018	−21.4	0.018	−21.4
Potential	0.235	0.181	−22.9	0.183	−22.1	0.158	0.147	−7.0	0.148	−6.7	0.149	−5.5
Daily	0.325	0.237	−27.0	0.236	−27.4	0.240	0.219	−9.0	0.219	−8.9	0.220	−8.6
Theil (0)
Location	0.003	0.001	−62.0	0.001	−69.3	0.017	0.016	−7.4	0.016	−6.1	0.015	−11.3
Network efficiency	0.009	0.001	−86.2	0.001	−85.6	0.001	0.001	−33.9	0.001	−37.1	0.001	−37.2
Potential	0.091	0.055	−39.9	0.055	−39.1	0.040	0.035	−13.1	0.035	−11.8	0.036	−9.5
Daily	0.168	0.089	−46.8	0.089	−47.1	0.092	0.076	−17.0	0.076	−16.6	0.077	−16.2
Atkinson (0.5)
Location	0.001	0.001	−62.4	0.000	−69.7	0.008	0.008	−6.8	0.008	−5.9	0.007	−11.0
Network efficiency	0.004	0.001	−85.7	0.001	−85.2	0.000	0.000	−33.9	0.000	−37.1	0.000	−37.1
Potential	0.046	0.028	−40.1	0.028	−39.5	0.020	0.017	−13.2	0.017	−12.1	0.018	−9.9
Daily	0.084	0.046	−45.8	0.045	−46.8	0.046	0.039	−17.0	0.039	−16.7	0.039	−16.4

Note: all relative differences in the observed data are computed with case r as reference; all relative differences in the modelled data are computed with case I as reference. Case numbers (I to IV) are given between parentheses

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