Transport Disadvantage and Social Exclusion: Exclusionary Mechanisms in Transport in Urban Scotland

ISBN-13: 9781138263932 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 168 str.

Julian Hine; Fiona Mitchell

Opis

There is currently much interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating 'social exclusion'. By bringing together and analysing the travel experiences of a diverse range of groups - the visually impaired, wheelchair users, car users, public transport users and pedestrians - this book illustrates the nature of these exclusionary processes and indicates how policy and practice could be developed to counter these effects.

Recenzje

'This book will make an important, evidence-based, contribution to this issue which, in recent years, has become prominent in transport policy debates in the UK and elsewhere.' Dr John Preston, University of Oxford, UK 'Against a careful review of the evidence so far, the authors provide a detailed assessment of the patterns of social exclusion and its transport links in three Scottish areas of different characteristics. The book adds very valuable case study material to an often abstract policy discussion.' Professor Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

Spis treści

Contents: A forgotten transport problem?; Patterns and practices; Circumstance and policy context: Leith, Castlemilk and Coatbridge; Transport choices and disadvantage; Access to local services and journey time; Local authority response and the public transport network; Where next?; Annex; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Julian Hine, Fiona Mitchell