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Geospatial research supporting decision-making in legal services –  an assessment of the 2019 district court reform in Finland Cover

Geospatial research supporting decision-making in legal services – an assessment of the 2019 district court reform in Finland

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Open Access
|Dec 2022

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Old and current renewed district court networks in Finland.

Table 1

Accessibility of the closest district court by distance range in the old (before reform) and renewed (after reform) district court networks and their optimized district court networks (Optimal (57) and Optimal (36)) with p-median and ‘maximize attendance’ techniques.

ACCESSIBILITY% OF POPULATION
OBSERVED NETWORKSOPTIMIZED NETWORKS WITH P-MEDIANOPTIMIZED NETWORKS WITH ‘MAXIMIZE ATTENDANCE’
OLD, BEFORE REFORM IN 2019 (57 LOCATIONS)RENEWED, AFTER REFORM IN 2019 (36 LOCATIONS)OPTIMAL (57 LOCATIONS)OPTIMAL (36 LOCATIONS)OPTIMAL (57 LOCATIONS)OPTIMAL (36 LOCATIONS)
≤50 km92,384,294,589,479,269,1
51–100 km7,515,05,39,317,726,1
101–150 km0,20,80,21,12,73,9
151–200 km0000,10,30,8
>200 km0000,10,10,1
Average (km)17,123,319,924,433,439,8
Median (km)9,612,515,617,924,229,2
Figure 2

Old and current renewed district court networks and their optimized locations with p-median and ‘maximize attendance’ techniques. The regions in the figure represent sub-regions.

Figure 3

The average distance to the nearest district court and the size of the district court network with p-median and ‘maximize attendance’ techniques.

Figure 4

Differences in the accessibility of the nearest district court.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36745/ijca.385 | Journal eISSN: 2156-7964
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 5
Published on: Dec 5, 2022
Published by: International Association for Court Administration
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2022 Olli Lehtonen, Mika Sutela, published by International Association for Court Administration
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