Serviços essenciais: cálculo de indicadores de disponibilidade e acessibilidade para o município de Jataí – Goiás

Abstract

The debate on Sustainable Urban Mobility is shown to be plural and covers aspects that influence citizens' lives in different ways. In view of the need to rate Brazilian cities in terms of these aspects, Costa (2008) developed a Sustainable Urban Mobility Index (IMUS) composed of nine Domains, thirty-seven Themes and eighty-seven Indicators that, after being evaluated individually, must be unified to compose the general index of the municipality. This work aimed to calculate two indicators present in the “Integrated Planning” domain, namely “Urban equipment (schools)” and “Urban equipment (health posts)” and in the “Accessibility” domain, “Accessibility to essential services” indicator. With the research developed, it was possible to verify the need for improvements in the availability and location of essential service equipment in order to serve the population guaranteeing access to them quickly, efficiently and with the possibility of using means of transport such as non-motorized vehicles, bringing benefits to citizens and the city as a whole. In addition, with the calculation of these indicators, it is expected to collaborate with the calculation of the IMUS of Jataí, in order to have the characterization of the city in relation to Sustainable Urban Mobility, aiming to help in decisionmaking about urban and transport planning.