A companion to transport, space and equity. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Elgaronline: Social and Political Science Collection 2019.
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robin Hickman, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK ; Beatriz Mella Lira, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK ; Moshe Givoni, Transport Research Unit, Department of Geography and the Human Environment, Tel-Aviv University, Israel ; Karst Geurs, Centre for Transport Studies, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
• Editors: Hickman, Robin, 1971-; Lira, Beatriz Mella; Givoni, Moshe; Geurs, Karst T
• Other Names: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
• Contents: Part I: Introduction 1. Transport and space and social equity impacts / Robin Hickman, Beatriz Mella Lira, Moshe Givoni and Karst Geurs -- Part II: Transport and spatial impacts -- 2. Understanding the relationship between changes in accessibility to jobs, income and unemployment in Toronto / Robbin Deboosere, Geneviève Boisjoly and Ahmed El-Geneidy -- 3. Reducing social spatial inequity with public transport in Melbourne, Australia / Jan Scheurer and Carey Curtis -- 4. Exploring the travel mode choice of rail transit with geographically weighted regression: evidence from Chongqing / Lixun Liu -- 5. Considering the impacts of HSR on China's east coast region / Qiyan Wu, Anthony Perl, Jingwei Sun, Taotao Deng and Haoyu Hu -- 6. Automobile peripheries: travel to school in suburban London through the lens of social practice / Emilia Smeds -- 7. The impact of transport connectivity on housing prices / Imogen Thompson -- Part III: Transport and social equity impacts / 8. Equity aspects of transportation in a multi-network world: a societal perspective / Eran Feitelson -- 9. Urban public transport investment and socio-spatial development: the case of the Copenhagen metro / Kristian Bothe and Christine Benna Skytt-Larsen -- 10. Assessing transport equity or healthcare in metro / Manila Neil Stephen Lopez and Jose Bienvenido Manuel Biona -- 11. Working women and unequal mobilities in the urban periphery / Eda Beyazit and Ceyda Sungur -- 12. Planning transport to meet the needs of children and young people / Janet Stanley, John Stanley and Brendan Gleeson -- 13. Social assessment of transport projects in global south cities using community perceptions of needs / Karen Lucas, Nihan Akyelken and Janet Stanley -- Part IV: Emerging approaches to socio-spatial equity analysis -- 14. From minimum to reasonable travel time / David Banister, Yannick Cornet, Moshe Givoni and Glenn Lyons -- 15. Reasonable travel time -- the traveller's perspective / Mengqiu Cao, Yongping Zhang, Yuerong Zhang, Shengxiao Li and Robin Hickman -- 16. Why the capability approach can offer an alternative to transport project assessment / Beatriz Mella Lira -- 17. Assessing utility, feasibility and equity with competence-based multi criteria analysis / Geert Te Boveldt, Imre Keseru and Cathy Macharis -- 18. Using behavioural economics to inform more effective planning and delivery of cycling projects / Matt Higgins -- 19. Operationalising motility for transport policy / Rebecca Shliselberg and Moshe Givoni -- 20. Exploring the links between mobility capital and human flourishing in Buenos Aires / Florencia Rodriguez Touron -- Part V: Conclusions -- 21. What next? Reflections for research and practice / Karst Geurs, Moshe Givoni, Beatriz Mella Lira and Robin Hickman -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 313 pages)
• Subjects: 388; Transportation -- Social aspects; Equality; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1788119827; 9781788119825
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 31, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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