期刊名称：GI_FORUM - Journal for Geographic Information Science
电子版ISSN：2308-1708
出版年度：2018
卷号：1
页码：263-273
DOI：10.1553/giscience2018_01_s263
出版社：ÖAW Verlag, Wien
摘要：Provision of camp facilities for refugees is very important for their physical, mental and social wellbeing. Also of importance is ease of access to these facilities by refugees. Information on where to site camp facilities thus becomes crucial to the humanitarian organizations which often provide the facilities. The Sphere Project suggests standards to manage refugee camps, one of which is accessibility to camp facilities in terms of walking distance. In view of this, this paper presents the development of an automated tool for the spatial analysis of refugee camps using GIS guided by Sphere standards. The tool adopts two methods for analysing access to camp facilities, looking at the regular buffer/service area and the network buffer/service area. The study found both methods effective, although the latter provided additional approaches and consequently more detailed information to aid facility-siting decisions by humanitarian bodies for refugee camps.
