Percentage of residential addresses within walking distance of a cool place in South Holland, Overijssel, and Gelderland, the Netherlands.

In a geographic information system (GIS) study, a spatial join was conducted using QGIS to integrate three datasets: Afstand tot Koelte (ATK), CBS Buurten 2021, and BAG Verblijsobjecten (VO) across three provinces. The resulting output comprised a point dataset which included the ATK and buurten for each VO. It was observed that approximately 5% of the VOs lacked ATK data. Consequently, a field calculation was initiated to ascertain the direct distance, as the crow flies, to the nearest cool place ("koele plek"). A key distinction is that ATK data is based on walking distances along road netwo... Mehr ...