<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this work is to verify whether accessibility to public services in city districts of Warsaw, corresponds to real-estate prices. We introduce a new index named the “Urban Services Accessibility Index” (USAI) which compares the availability of public services within districts of a city in three dimensions: access to healthcare, access to education, and availability of public transport. We found that the districts of Śródmieście, Ochota and Żoliborz have the highest apartment prices and USAI values. Warsaw exhibits a clear distance-decay pattern in USAI values which correlates well with average apartment prices. This pattern results from poor development of public services in peripheral city districts (e.g. Bemowo, Białołęka, Wilanów) while the central district of Śródmieście stands out as the unquestionable leader in terms of accessibility to the mentioned services. USAI proved itself to be a robust method in the comparative analysis of city districts’ development.</p></abstract>

The aim of this work is to verify whether accessibility to public services in city districts of Warsaw, corresponds to real-estate prices. We introduce a new index named the “Urban Services Accessibility Index” (USAI) which compares the availability of public services within districts of a city in three dimensions: access to healthcare, access to education, and availability of public transport. We found that the districts of Śródmieście, Ochota and Żoliborz have the highest apartment prices and USAI values. Warsaw exhibits a clear distance-decay pattern in USAI values which correlates well with average apartment prices. This pattern results from poor development of public services in peripheral city districts (e.g. Bemowo, Białołęka, Wilanów) while the central district of Śródmieście stands out as the unquestionable leader in terms of accessibility to the mentioned services. USAI proved itself to be a robust method in the comparative analysis of city districts’ development.

Accessibility of public services in districts of Warsaw: a comparative study

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The aim of this work is to verify whether accessibility to public services in city districts of Warsaw, corresponds to real-estate prices. We introduce a new...

City district	Population (in thousands)
Mokotów	217.8
Praga Południe	178.4
Ursynów	149.8
Wola	138.5
Bielany	132.0
Targówek	123.5
Bemowo	120.4
Śródmieście	118.3
Białołęka	116.1
Ochota	83.6
Wawer	74.9
Praga Północ	65.9
Ursus	58.2
Żoliborz	50.8
Włochy	41.4
Wilanów	35.2
Wesoła	24.8
Rembertów	24.1

City district	Healthcare index	Education index	Transportation index	USAI
Bemowo	0.080	0.269	0.219	0.167
Białołęka	0.090	0.256	0.299	0.191
Bielany	0.287	0.536	0.366	0.384
Mokotów	0.453	0.643	0.386	0.483
Ochota	1.000	0.680	0.445	0.671
Praga Południe	0.423	0.552	0.358	0.437
Praga Północ	0.556	0.702	0.563	0.604
Rembertów	0.336	0.548	0.404	0.421
Śródmieście	0.769	1.000	1.000	0.916
Targówek	0.291	0.433	0.302	0.336
Ursus	0.323	0.363	0.201	0.287
Ursynów	0.295	0.273	0.299	0.289
Wawer	0.710	0.512	0.380	0.517
Wesoła	0.223	0.453	0.366	0.333
Wilanów	0.241	0.357	0.249	0.278
Włochy	0.178	0.542	0.490	0.361
Wola	0.479	0.830	0.375	0.530
Żoliborz	0.558	0.936	0.483	0.632

City district	Healthcare	Education	Transportation
Bemowo	52	49	243.4
Białołęka	57	45	320.5
Bielany	206	107	445.4
Mokotów	536	212	775.0
Ochota	454	86	343.0
Praga Południe	410	149	589.3
Praga Północ	199	70	342.2
Rembertów	44	20	89.8
Śródmieście	494	179	1,090.2
Targówek	195	81	343.6
Ursus	102	32	107.8
Ursynów	240	62	413.5
Wawer	289	58	262.4
Wesoła	30	17	83.6
Wilanów	46	19	80.6
Włochy	40	34	186.9
Wola	360	174	479.0
Żoliborz	154	72	226.2

Accessibility of public services in districts of Warsaw: a comparative study

Article Category: Varia

Published Online: Jul 31, 2020

Page range: 176 - 182

Received: Oct 01, 2019

Accepted: May 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0019

Keywords
Socio-economic inequalities, public services, Warsaw, city districts, distance-decay pattern

© 2020 Aleksander Małachowski, Maciej Dąbski, Waldemar Wilk, published by Sciendo

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Population of Warsaw city districts.

Dimension indices for healthcare, education transportation and USAI for districts of Warsaw

Scoring points for each city district in the three dimensions

Accessibility of public services in districts of Warsaw: a comparative study

Article Category: Varia

Published Online: Jul 31, 2020

Page range: 176 - 182

Received: Oct 01, 2019

Accepted: May 21, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0019

KeywordsSocio-economic inequalities, public services, Warsaw, city districts, distance-decay pattern

© 2020 Aleksander Małachowski, Maciej Dąbski, Waldemar Wilk, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Population of Warsaw city districts.

Dimension indices for healthcare, education transportation and USAI for districts of Warsaw

Scoring points for each city district in the three dimensions

Keywords
Socio-economic inequalities, public services, Warsaw, city districts, distance-decay pattern