Re-thinking Mobility Poverty: Understanding Users' Geographies, Backgrounds and Aptitudes

ISBN-13: 9780367333300 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 284 str.

Tobias Kuttler; Massimo Moraglio

Opis

This book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, addressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves beyond the analysis of ‘transport poverty’ and innovatively explores mobility inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages.

Spis treści

Foreword: A Mobility Justice Lens on Mobility Poverty by Mimi Sheller Introduction; Part 1: Social Skills and Individual Aptitudes 1. Learning Mobility 2. Unequal Mobilities, Network Capital and Mobility Justice 3. The Impact of Life Events on Travel Behaviour Part 2: Geographies of Mobility Poverty 4. The Spatial Dimension of Mobility Poverty 5. The Urban Arena 6. The Rural Arena Part 3: Societal Roots and Impacts 7. Women and Gender-Related Aspects 8. People on Low Income and Unemployed Persons 9. Impacts on Mobility in An Ageing Europe 10. The Predicaments of European Disabled People 11. Migrants, Ethnic Minorities and Mobility Poverty 12. Children and Young People Part 4: The Fieldwork 13. Forced Car Ownership and Forced Bus Usage. Contrasting Realities of Unemployed And Elderly People In Rural Regions: The Case Of Guarda, Portugal 14. Perception of Mobility Poverty in Remote Peri-Urban Salento (Italy) 15. Isolation, Individualism and Sharing: Mobility Poverty in Naxos And Small Cyclades, Greece 16. Unmet Needs: Exploring Mobility Poverty in Buzău, Romania 17. Towards an Understanding of The Social Meanings of Mobility – The Case Of Esslingen, Germany 18. Mobility Poverty in Luxembourg: Crossing Borders, Real Estate, Vulnerable Groups and Migrants Conclusion Findings and Conclusions