Accessibility Analysis of Roads Network in Ma'an Governorate

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the level of accessibility of the roads network of different types in Ma'an governorate in the south of Jordan through a set of standards proposed by Shimbel in 1953. The study adopted the descriptive analytical approach in the analysis of geographical information and data related to road networks and urban communities. To achieve the objectives of the study, statistical methods were also used in measuring the accessibility to the road network through some methods such as Shimbel Index and the Associated Number and others using the matrix method. The study found that there are differences in the accessibility to the nodes located on the road network in Ma'an governorate. Ma'an node was the easiest to access because of its central location compared to the other nodes, while Al-Mudawwara, Ras Al-Naqab and Husseiniya nodes were the most difficult to access as a result of their marginal and extreme locations far from the other nodes.