Identifying Regions of Everyday Activities: Mapping Accessibility of Public Amenities

Abstract Equitable pedestrian access to everyday services is a key test of spatial justice, yet audits tied to administrative units routinely conceal localised shortfalls. This study maps regions of everyday activity (REA) in Czechia by assigning every dwelling with its nearest facility in basic amenities: education, primary healthcare, neighbourhood retail, public space and public transport, assigned into three analytic groups. Contiguous catchments emerge whose overlaps reveal opportunity-dense cores, while single-layer zones expose potential amenity deserts. The resulting national mosaic discloses a duality: multi-functional REA in metropolitan centres contrast with expansive single-group regions across borderlands and internal peripheries. Because this method relies solely on pedestrian street network distance, omitting capacities, opening hours and user preferences, it offers an indicative rather than exhaustive framework. Even so, REA delineation provides planners with a reproducible baseline for pinpointing mixed-use infill, service consolidation or multimodal links that could effectively shrink everyday geographies of disadvantage and guide subsequent qualitative enquiries.