2018-11-272018-11-272005Applied Geography 25(4): 308-3260143-6228https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/1904Surveys carried out in mountainous areas of northern Vietnam at research sites selected across a gradient of market integration, revealed strong relationships between the location of the village with respect to the national road network and the nature of its land-use systems, its poverty level and more generally its potential for development. We developed and tested in Bae Kan province a method to give an objective and quantitative definition of accessibility over a large geographic area. Accessibility maps integrated in a provincial GIS showed that despite recent improvements to the road network, some remote areas do not benefit from recent development.application/pdfJournal Articlehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2005.07.003