Abstract
To have an effective development among the isolated, remote areas, rural transportation is recognized as a key factor. Efficient rural transportation depends largely on a well-knit road network to provide accessibility and mobility in rural areas. This work affords an applied method for the development of rural road networks in rural areas of developing countries. The proposed methodology enables to determine nodal points in the rural road network based on the facility index of the settlements. The rural road network is generated by connecting the nodal points by minimum travel time path in Geographical Information System (GIS). Spatial analysis is carried out in the study area to identify the Desirable Coverage Distance of the Facility(DCDF). The Village Facility Index (VFI) is calculated by considering the desirable coverage distance. The suggested methodology is simple and practical, hence, highly applicable to real-world scenarios, as demonstrated in the definition of the road network for the rural areas.
Highlights
Rural Roads play a vital role in the development of any emergent country
This paper primarily focuses on the identify the nodal points in the network by considering the desirable distance for the facility
The first phase is focused on identifying the nodal points in the rural areas, while the second phase focuses on generating the rural road network connecting the nodal points previously identified
Summary
Rural Roads play a vital role in the development of any emergent country. In India, rural roads share more than 85% of the road network of the country. Rao et al (2007) developed an information system for rural road network planning for Rupauli block of Purina District, Bihar, India. The optimal rural road of the network is generated by connecting the minimum travel time paths. - Generate the rural road network by connecting the nodal points through minimum travel path. In order to prepare the spatial database, preliminary, SOI map of scale 1: 50,000 of the study area has been collected from the data source; Panchayath Raj Department of Warangal District. After Geo-referencing was done, different features of the study area were digitized as different layers These layers are created on Arc Catalog environment according to the feature type; point layer for a location of habitations and polygon for a Mandal boundary and for determination of how many habitations covered in for selected distance.
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