A Companion to Transport, Space and Equity (NECTAR Series on Transportation and Communications Networks Research)

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Synopsis
With social inequity in urban spaces becoming an increasing concern in our modern world, A Companion to Transport, Space and Equity explores the relationships between transport and social equity. Transport systems and infrastructure investment can lead to inequitable travel behaviours, with certain socio-demographic groups using particular parts of the transport system and accessing particular activities and opportunities. Employing international case studies to scrutinise the spatial and social equity impacts of transport systems and infrastructure, the contributors bring together wide-ranging empirical research to fill in the lacunae on social equity. This nuanced and comprehensive Companion examines transport investments, and related changes in accessibility, urban form and development, house prices and gentrification to better understand the complex relationships between transport and social equity. Drawing together competing perspectives, this book highlights the range and dimensions of the debate, the complexity and tensions, and the progression of the argument over time. Provocative and comprehensive, this book will serve as an impressive guide for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as offering a detailed reference point for researchers and academics working on urban social equity. Consultants and policy makers overseeing transport infrastructure, city planning and wider public policy will also benefit from this book’s rigorous empirical approach to transport impacts.
Copyright:
2019

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781788119825
Related ISBNs:
9781788119818
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
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N/A
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Robin Hickman
Edited by:
Moshe Givoni
Edited by:
Karst Geurs
Edited by:
Beatriz Mella Lira

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