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Living well with the foundational economy : Assessing the spatial accessibility of foundational infrastructures in Vienna and the relationship to socio-economic status

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Riepl, Tobias
Schaffartzik, Anke
Grabow, Simon
Banabak, Selim
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Accessibility
Austria
Foundational economy
Living well within limits
Urban socio-spatial inequality
General Environmental Science
Economics and Econometrics
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Foundational infrastructures play a vital role for providing a good life for all within planetary boundaries. In this article, we employ a spatial understanding of accessibility to assess the access to five foundational infrastructures (healthcare, care, education, culture, nature) for Vienna's 250 census districts. Based on government statistics and OpenStreetMap data, we develop the Foundational Accessibility Indicator and study how accessibility intersects with spatially explicit socio-economic variables, as covered by the Social Status Index. We find strong spatial disparities with regard to the accessibility of foundational infrastructures in Vienna, with high access for most infrastructures in the city center and partially the west, but poor access in the south and east of the city. There is a significant, positive, moderate correlation between the average access to foundational infrastructures and socio-economic status in Vienna, meaning that people of higher status tend to enjoy higher access than people with lower status. In the discussion, we contextualize our results, critically reflect our approach and draw implications for retrofitting foundational infrastructures. We conclude by highlighting the broader implications of our findings for accessibility research for living well within planetary limits.
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2025-06
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10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108558
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Environmental Sciences and Policy