Item Type | Newspaper Article |
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Author | Olivier Razemon |
URL | https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2024/03/19/pendant-les-canicules-la-voiture-climatisee-est-prisee-comme-un-refuge-contre-la-chaleur-revele-une-etude_6222822_3234.html |
Publication | Le Monde.fr |
Date | 2024-03-19 |
Accessed | 2024-03-26 13:02:25 |
Library Catalog | Le Monde |
Language | fr |
Abstract | Une enquête montre que lors des pics de températures élevées, l’usage de la voiture est davantage prisé. Un résultat qui interroge économistes et aménageurs. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Jaime Sierra Muñoz |
Author | Louison Duboz |
Author | Paola Pucci |
Author | Biagio Ciuffo |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-024-00639-z |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 17 |
Publication | European Transport Research Review |
ISSN | 1866-8887 |
Date | 2024-03-15 |
Journal Abbr | Eur. Transp. Res. Rev. |
DOI | 10.1186/s12544-024-00639-z |
Accessed | 2024-03-26 11:27:32 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | “Car dependence” emerges as an academic concept supported by decades of multidisciplinary research, which aims to understand the factors that drive car-based choices. The variety of approaches and indicators used to interpret this phenomenon underscores its multidimensionality and highlights the necessity for a comprehensive framework to define and operationalise it. This paper contributes to this goal by conducting a systematic literature review that examines the indicators, associations, and meanings used by research in defining and quantifying car dependence. Results show that car dependence has been mainly studied considering transport demand, despite criticisms pointing out to the need of including accessibility and subjective perceptions as well. As a consequence, the paper proposes a holistic approach to the term car dependence by proposing six dimensions covering the full spectrum of the concept as presented in the academic literature. The findings also suggest to move towards harmonising measures of the concept, which would facilitate the development of policies and the assessment of their effectiveness. |
Short Title | Why do we rely on cars? |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Sophie Cranston |
Author | James Esson |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/geoj.12582 |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Pages | e12582 |
Publication | The Geographical Journal |
ISSN | 1475-4959 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/geoj.12582 |
DOI | 10.1111/geoj.12582 |
Accessed | 2024-03-15 07:54:51 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | International student mobilities (ISM) is an important but increasingly complex and controversial topic. Politically, the contested nature of international student mobilities is driven by the confluence of immigration policies, increasing demand for global education, and new higher education funding imperatives. Academically, international student mobilities is a key field of study which intersects with three subdisciplines of geography: political, population and social. Our intervention reveals, for the first time, how current UK migration management policies are actively ‘producing’ the international student as a population category. We illustrate the effects of this production through its operationalisation into universities and everyday student lives. We achieve this by developing an analytical framework informed by theorisations of ‘dynamic nominalism’, which is complemented by data from semi-structured interviews and policy documents. Our findings uncover the existence of multiple populations within the international student category, exposing the inherent complexities, hierarchies of privilege and contradictions therein. Notably, we identify a conceptual and empirical distinction between those produced as ‘international students’ based on their visa, and those produced as ‘international students’ via their tuition fee status. The implications of this intervention are important for the contentious landscape of higher education and immigration policy because the paper challenges assumptions about, and raises ethical questions regarding the treatment of, the ‘international student’. Our analytical framework also has wider applicability beyond the subject of ISM, through its potential to aid geographers, and those in cognate disciplines, concerned with addressing fundamental questions about how and why categories are produced and the consequences of this production. |
Short Title | Producing international students |
Item Type | Newspaper Article |
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Author | Grégoire Baur |
URL | https://www.letemps.ch/suisse/valais/vincent-pellissier-la-mobilite-de-demain-c-est-celle-des-circuits-courts |
Publication | Le Temps |
ISSN | 1423-3967 |
Date | 2024-03-08T20:58:18+01:00 |
Accessed | 2024-03-11 10:55:21 |
Library Catalog | www.letemps.ch |
Language | fr |
Abstract | Pour l’ingénieur cantonal valaisan, la réflexion actuelle qui oppose les moyens de transport a atteint ses limites. Il estime qu’un seul et unique fonds fédéral pour la mobilité offrirait une vision plus réfléchie et optimiserait l’utilisation des deniers publics |
Short Title | Vincent Pellissier |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Guy Baudelle |
Author | Sébastien Marrec |
URL | https://www.cairn.info/revue-espace-geographique-2022-2-page-176.htm |
Volume | 51 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 176-191 |
Publication | L’Espace géographique |
ISSN | 0046-2497 |
Date | 2022 |
Extra | Place: Paris Publisher: Belin |
Journal Abbr | L’Espace géographique |
DOI | 10.3917/eg.512.0176 |
Accessed | 2024-02-13 07:56:54 |
Library Catalog | Cairn.info |
Language | fr |
Abstract | L’épidémie de Covid-19 a eu de multiples effets analysés par la géographie, notamment sur les mobilités urbaines. Parmi eux, l’engouement pour le vélo à Paris comme dans la plupart des agglomérations françaises a été favorisé par d’importants aménagements aiguillonnés par l’urbanisme tactique, qui fait référence à des aménagements temporaires, à petite échelle et à faible coût, préfigurant des aménagements permanents. Nous nous interrogeons cependant sur la pérennité de cette transition apparente vers une plus grande place donnée au vélo et nous tirons les enseignements de ces initiatives en matière de gestion de l’espace public comme de pratiques et de politiques de mobilité. Nous étudions d’abord la façon dont la pandémie a modifié la mobilité urbaine, puis nous nous demandons comment le vélo a permis à l’urbanisme tactique d’effectuer une percée dans les pratiques d’aménagement. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Dong Liu |
Author | Mei-Po Kwan |
Author | Lan Wang |
Author | Zihan Kan |
Author | Jianying Wang |
Author | Jingbo Huang |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tesg.12613 |
Rights | © 2024 The Authors. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Dutch Geographical Society / Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap. |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Publication | Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie |
ISSN | 1467-9663 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tesg.12613 |
DOI | 10.1111/tesg.12613 |
Accessed | 2024-01-31 09:02:20 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | Developing walkable urban environments is crucial for enhancing urban liveability and sustainability. To evaluate the chrono-urbanism status, this study combines conventional census and mapping data with social media check-in big data. A composite index is proposed, which assesses the accessibility of essential urban functions under the 5/10/15-minute chrono-thresholds. This index incorporates five categories of urban functions (public transit, living, education, health care and entertainment) in Macau. Utilising check-in information from Sina Weibo, the level of attraction for different urban functions is integrated into the calculation. The findings highlight significant disparities in chrono-urbanism status, with regions inhabited by lower socio-economic status residents being more vulnerable than the affluent institutional and commercial centre of Macau. Leveraging social media big data, this study provides valuable insights to urban planners and policy-makers, enabling them to understand the overall chrono-urbanism status and target interventions for developing a more sustainable and liveable urban environment in Macau. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Morgan R. Frank |
Author | Esteban Moro |
Author | Tobin South |
Author | Alex Rutherford |
Author | Alex Pentland |
Author | Bledi Taska |
Author | Iyad Rahwan |
URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00009-1 |
Rights | 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 94-104 |
Publication | Nature Cities |
ISSN | 2731-9997 |
Date | 2024-01 |
Extra | Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group |
Journal Abbr | Nat Cities |
DOI | 10.1038/s44284-023-00009-1 |
Accessed | 2024-01-29 07:34:15 |
Library Catalog | www.nature.com |
Language | en |
Abstract | How do skills shape career mobility and access to cities’ labor markets? Here we model career pathways as an occupation network constructed from the similarity of occupations’ skill requirements within each US city. Using a nationally representative survey and three resume datasets, skill similarity predicts transition rates between occupations and predictions improve with increasingly granular skill data. Thus, a measure for skill specialization based on a workers’ position in their city’s occupation network may predict future career dynamics. Job changes that decrease workers’ network embeddedness also increased wages, and workers tend to decrease their embeddedness over their careers. Further, city pairs with dissimilar job embeddedness have greater census migration and increased flows of enplaned passengers according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. This study directly connects workplace skills to workers’ career mobility and spatial mobility, thus offering insights into skill specialization, career mobility and urbanization. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Cody Cook |
Author | Lindsey Currier |
Author | Edward Glaeser |
URL | https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-023-00007-3 |
Rights | 2024 The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 73-82 |
Publication | Nature Cities |
ISSN | 2731-9997 |
Date | 2024-01 |
Extra | Number: 1 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group |
Journal Abbr | Nat Cities |
DOI | 10.1038/s44284-023-00007-3 |
Accessed | 2024-01-29 07:33:25 |
Library Catalog | www.nature.com |
Language | en |
Abstract | Cities provide access to stores, public amenities and other people, but that access may provide less benefit for the lower-income and younger urbanites who lack money and means of easy mobility. Using detailed GPS location data, we measure the urban mobility and experienced racial and economic isolation of the young and the disadvantaged. We find that students in major metropolitan areas experience more racial and income isolation, spend more time at home, stay closer to home when they do leave, and visit fewer restaurants and retail establishments than adults. Looking across levels of income, students from higher-income families visit more amenities, spend more time outside of the home, and explore more unique locations than low-income students. Combining a number of measures into an index of urban mobility, we find that, conditional on income, urban mobility is positively correlated with home neighborhood characteristics such as distance from the urban core, car ownership and social capital. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Valtteri Ahonen |
Author | Shahid Hussain |
Author | Virve Merisalo |
Author | Veikko Pekkala |
Author | Pekka Leviäkangas |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00630-0 |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 7 |
Publication | European Transport Research Review |
ISSN | 1866-8887 |
Date | 2024-01-18 |
Journal Abbr | Eur. Transp. Res. Rev. |
DOI | 10.1186/s12544-023-00630-0 |
Accessed | 2024-01-23 13:07:14 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | This research studies how recent Finnish smart mobility innovation projects have addressed sustainability in their objectives. A framework and a coding scheme were built upon scientific literature and was used for analysing documented project materials. A truth table was generated that quantifies how the different aspects of sustainability have been addressed in the projects’ objectives. The observed differences between the projects were analysed from two directions: in terms of funding sources (European Union vs. national) and project location (urban vs. rural areas). The results of qualitative comparative analysis showed that while sustainability was by and large present in the projects, some of the aspects of sustainability were more dominantly addressed than others. Also, there were differences in how sustainability was addressed between the projects in urban areas and the projects in rural areas. |
Short Title | Addressing sustainability in mobility |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Emmanuel Ravalet |
Author | Dimitri Marincek |
Author | Patrick Rérat |
URL | https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/64678 |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Issue | 1 |
Publication | Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie |
ISSN | 1377-2368 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | Number: 1 Publisher: National Committee of Geography of Belgium / Société Royale Belge de Géographie |
DOI | 10.4000/belgeo.64678 |
Accessed | 2024-01-15 11:22:26 |
Library Catalog | journals.openedition.org |
Language | en |
Abstract | Sales of electrically assisted bicycles (e-bikes) have risen significantly in Europe. Almost all e-bikes provide assistance up to 25 km/h (“pedelecs”), but in Switzerland, more than 10% are speed pedelecs (s-pedelecs) offering assistance up to 45 km/h. Due to their increased speed, s-pedelecs hold great potential for long-range trips outside urban areas. Yet, to date, they have received very little academic attention. This exploratory paper fills this gap by questioning the place S-pedelecs have, compared to pedelecs, among transport modes and to what extent their greater speed can help them compete with cars more efficiently than pedelecs? We address in this paper, for both pedelecs and S-pedelecs users, the demographic characteristics, motivations for purchasing, travel patterns, as well as the modal shift effects. It draws on a survey conducted in Lausanne, Switzerland, among users of n=215 s-pedelecs and n=1205 pedelecs.Compared to regular e-bikers, s-pedelec users are more likely to be male, but otherwise share similar motivations to riding their e-bike. S-pedelecs are often used for long-distance commuting and compete more with cars and motorised two-wheelers. As a result, 60% of s-pedelec owners use a car less, and 20% decided to give up car ownership. Regression models confirms these results. Given the potential of s-pedelecs to replace motorised modes, we recommend devoting more attention to the development of infrastructure, such as interurban cycle highways, to accommodate them on a metropolitan scale. |
Short Title | Are fast e-bikes an alternative to motorised individual transport? |
Item Type | Newspaper Article |
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Author | Stuart McGurk |
URL | https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/jan/14/lime-bikes-london-pavements-wayne-ting-ebikes-scooters |
Publication | The Guardian |
ISSN | 0261-3077 |
Date | 2024-01-14T10:00:24.000Z |
Section | Cities |
Accessed | 2024-01-15 10:06:30 |
Library Catalog | The Guardian |
Language | en-GB |
Abstract | Are the tech giant’s bikes a convenient and sustainable form of transport or a menace clogging up pavements? |
Short Title | Whose Lime is it anyway? |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Georgios Papaioannou |
Author | Amalia Polydoropoulou |
Author | Athena Tsirimpa |
Author | Ioanna Pagoni |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-023-00619-9 |
Volume | 15 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 48 |
Publication | European Transport Research Review |
ISSN | 1866-8887 |
Date | 2023-12-20 |
Journal Abbr | Eur. Transp. Res. Rev. |
DOI | 10.1186/s12544-023-00619-9 |
Accessed | 2024-01-10 15:32:10 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | The specific features and requirements of island regions and rural areas make Mobility as a Service (MaaS) an attractive and evolving concept in the realm of Intercity/Rural/Island transportation. The primary goal of this research is to provide qualitative insights relative to the added value and development of MaaS for the previously mentioned transport services through a case study from Greece, a country with approximately 250 inhabited islands. In island settings, the primary societal motivation for MaaS is to enhance the accessibility of islands and improve individuals' access to multiple transport services. MaaS is found to have a strong potential to act as an enabler for more efficient transport and better accessibility to remote/island locations, acting in a complementary manner with currently applied “external” measures such as the Greek “Transport Equivalent”. To further assess the potential, development and impact of MaaS a focus group comprised by key-representatives from industry and academia stakeholders is created. The MaaS Ecosystem, as described by the experts, is comprised of the MaaS Provider, all the intercity/rural/island transport providers currently operating in the Greek market, MaaS Enabling entities (associations, regulators, investors, research institutions), the Integration Drivers and the customers. The issue of transport providers’ liability in case of disruptions and existing market regulations constitute, according to the results, an important challenge towards development of an Intercity MaaS, which needs to be addressed by legislative studies in a pan-European level. Most likely user groups for Intercity/Rural/Island MaaS are young people and digitally educated people, whilst less likely patronage groups are the elderly and “vulnerable” population groups. Relative to the external environment, high degree of fragmentation of the intercity transport industry combined by “autonomous” behavior of actors (“silo effect”) appears to be the greatest threat towards MaaS whilst anticipated capital investments in infrastructure and vehicles, which are foreseen in the proxime future, are the greatest opportunities. |
Short Title | Development of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) for intercity travel & rural/island areas |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Christine Horn |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/tran.12665 |
Rights | The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2023 The Authors. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers). |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Publication | Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |
ISSN | 1475-5661 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tran.12665 |
DOI | 10.1111/tran.12665 |
Accessed | 2024-01-10 15:26:50 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | This paper examines transport and mobility in rural and remote communities, focusing on trade-offs between development and environmental protection in the Anthropocene. In Sarawak, a state of Malaysia, unpaved logging roads provide basic mobility for remote communities while contributing to the unsustainable and inequitable extraction of natural resources. I argue that the conditions under which transport infrastructure is provided prevent the possibility for sustainable development and pitch local people against a landscape that is the source of livelihoods and identities. The paper is interested in the life and agency of infrastructure and the environment, new materialism and critical approaches to development within human geography. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Violeta Ramirez |
Author | Marie Sigrist |
Author | Elise Grison |
URL | https://www.cairn.info/revue-flux-2023-4-page-I.htm |
Volume | Pub. anticipées |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | I-XVIII |
Publication | Flux |
ISSN | 1154-2721 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | Place: Marne-la-Vallée Publisher: Université Gustave Eiffel |
Journal Abbr | Flux |
DOI | 10.3917/flux.pr1.0004 |
Accessed | 2024-01-08 08:56:46 |
Library Catalog | Cairn.info |
Language | fr |
Abstract | Légende couverture : Installation de conduites d’eau dans un nouveau projet de logement à Beer Sheva, 1er décembre 1950, © Brauner Teddy |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Millicent Awialie Akaateba |
Author | Emile Akangoa Adumpo |
Author | Ibrahim Yakubu |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/geo2.131 |
Rights | The information, practices and views in this article are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). © 2023 The Authors. Geo: Geography and Environment published by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Volume | 10 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | e00131 |
Publication | Geo: Geography and Environment |
ISSN | 2054-4049 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/geo2.131 |
DOI | 10.1002/geo2.131 |
Accessed | 2023-12-18 07:51:05 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | People with disabilities (PWDs) have an equal right to independent mobility and dignified involvement in society, which is intrinsically related to their access to inclusive public transit systems. Yet, very often PWDs face injustices of unequal mobilities emanating from a combination of access barriers. Based on qualitative interviews and Focus Group Discussions with PWDs and station managers, this exploratory study assessed the responsiveness of public intercity bus services to the needs of PWDs with vision, hearing and walking/climbing difficulties. The findings show that, despite the Persons with Disabilities Act's passage in 2006, intercity public bus transportation services in Tamale, Ghana, do not meet the needs of PWDs. Intercity bus stations and vehicles are not disability-friendly, leading to people with disabilities facing severe discrimination and having a more difficult time using intercity bus services. This is due to a combination of environmental barriers, legislative/policy inadequacies, negative public attitudes and low compliance of transport operators to transport provisions in the Disability Act. PWDs express deep-seated feelings of marginalisation and resentment about the uneven access to transport services and the violation of their rights to autonomy in movement. It is concluded that the journey experiences of PWDs have a significant adverse influence on their travel decisions and full participation in society. Hence, suggestions for further research and policy recommendations to promote inclusive transport systems have been proffered. |
Short Title | Towards inclusive transport |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Shing Ho Luk |
Author | Brenda Yeoh |
URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gec3.12730 |
Rights | © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
Volume | n/a |
Issue | n/a |
Pages | e12730 |
Publication | Geography Compass |
ISSN | 1749-8198 |
Date | 2023 |
Extra | _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gec3.12730 |
DOI | 10.1111/gec3.12730 |
Accessed | 2023-12-07 08:02:29 |
Library Catalog | Wiley Online Library |
Language | en |
Abstract | Originating in the early 20th century, international education migration has undergone significant growth to become a sprawling industry responsible for managing substantial student mobility. This process encompasses more than just the students themselves, incorporating a diverse array of actors, regulations, and technologies. Within this multifaceted system, commercial brokers play a vital role by actively facilitating the intricate and interconnected interactions involved in international education migration. This review takes a critical look at the evolving role of commercial brokers in international student mobilities, with a particular focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Brokers are presented as key intermediaries, bridging the gap between state mechanisms and migrating students, and contributing significantly to economic development through education migration. The review explores the layered relationships between brokers and students, taking into account not only economic aspects but also the social, cultural, and interpersonal factors that shape these interactions. Additionally, it considers the impact of digital transformation on commercial brokers, revealing how digital platforms have necessitated a reevaluation of their roles in an increasingly globalized educational landscape. In underscoring the growing importance of commercial brokers in the post-pandemic education-migration landscape, the review concludes that brokerage is best conceived as a complex, technologically-mediated social practice that bridges state policies, migrants' aspirations, and the overarching digital landscape. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Kent Eliasson |
Author | Olle Westerlund |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/09697764231210791 |
Pages | 09697764231210791 |
Publication | European Urban and Regional Studies |
ISSN | 0969-7764 |
Date | 2023-11-29 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd |
DOI | 10.1177/09697764231210791 |
Accessed | 2023-12-05 07:38:29 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | In many countries, there are signs of declining migration to high-productivity urban areas due to restrictions in the housing market and increasing regional differences in housing prices. Using detailed population-wide register data for Sweden, we estimate how regional variation in housing prices and homeownership is associated with the individual’s decision whether to accept a job offer in the Stockholm metropolitan region and the interrelated choice between migration and commuting as the mobility mode. Our findings indicate that high relative housing prices in the Stockholm area and homeownership are associated with decreasing total geographical labour mobility to the region. This is pronounced among the young and among highly skilled workers. The negative effects of high relative housing prices and homeownership on migration are partially but not fully compensated by positive effects on commuting to Stockholm. |
Short Title | Housing markets and geographical labour mobility to high-productivity regions |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Chris Beer |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/00961442231207107 |
Pages | 00961442231207107 |
Publication | Journal of Urban History |
ISSN | 0096-1442 |
Date | 2023-11-19 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc |
DOI | 10.1177/00961442231207107 |
Accessed | 2023-12-04 09:21:13 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | From 1945 to the end of the twentieth century, the Central Coast region adjacent to Australia’s largest city—Sydney—grew from a population of 30,000 to nearly 300,000 people. This article examines the long-distance commuting that was integral to this growth. By the 1990s, around a third of the region’s workforce was regularly traveling distances of 50 kilometers or more each way to the main body of Sydney. For many, the Central Coast offered new opportunities not readily available elsewhere in the metropolitan area to access housing—whether they sought to buy or rent—within a distinct, increasingly esteemed, coastal landscape. Over time, this commuting was variously encouraged, resented, and problematized. While it had parallels to other parts of Sydney’s “commuter belt,” the region’s experience stands as a notable case study of the diversity of household values across work, housing, and mobility. |
Short Title | Sydney’s Ordinary Outliers |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Yang Yang |
Author | Samitha Samaranayake |
Author | Timur Dogan |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231154263 |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 2359-2375 |
Publication | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science |
ISSN | 2399-8083 |
Date | 2023-11-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd STM |
DOI | 10.1177/23998083231154263 |
Accessed | 2023-11-21 07:27:51 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | This paper introduces a joint choice model for travel mode and duration to quantify the mobility impacts of urban design changes on the built environment. The model is formulated as a Random Forest classifier that predicts the mode-duration probabilities of a given trip. A novel series of predictor features are proposed which measure the urban form, demographics, and service densities on different scales of the transportation network. Through a sensitivity analysis and a proof-of-concept case study, we find that a dense, mixed-use environment with good coverage of a multi-modal mobility network can significantly promote active transportation and public transit use. However, we also find that ultra-dense, centralized developments can lead to increased travel time and increased vehicle use in the urban periphery. Our modeling and analysis method provides a simplified and effective way to assess urban design and planning scenarios from different mobility perspectives and facilitates data-driven, mobility-aware urban design and planning that can help identify better solutions more quickly. |
Short Title | Assessing impacts of the built environment on mobility |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Greg Rybarczyk |
Author | Ayse Ozbil |
Author | Demet Yesiltepe |
Author | Gorsev Argin |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231161612 |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 2560-2578 |
Publication | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science |
ISSN | 2399-8083 |
Date | 2023-11-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd STM |
DOI | 10.1177/23998083231161612 |
Accessed | 2023-11-21 07:25:59 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | The purpose of this research is to extend our understanding of children’s walking behavior to school in an understudied region of the world, Istanbul, Turkey. Children (aged 11–17) and their parents were surveyed to comprehend subjective and objective factors on walking behavior to school when alone or with someone. Using participatory mapping and GIS, a route detour index was first created to highlight differences in walking behaviors. A robust spatial analysis, consisting of spatial statistics and a hierarchical spatial error model, then signified important survey responses, urban design factors from space syntax, and neighborhood composition and contextual variables on between-group route choices. Empirical and geovisual analysis confirmed that accompanied children deviated more from GIS shortest routes to school than their unaccompanied peers, and “hot-spot” analysis showed it was dependent on where children reside. The spatial error models exhibited notable relations among route choice, children’s age, health, and gender. Parent attitudes concerning greenspace positively affected children’s longer route choices, while street connectivity had the opposite influence. Surprisingly, neighborhood walkability did not impact children’s route choice decisions for either group. The results provide new insights on how to encourage additional walking trips to school. |
Short Title | Walking alone or walking together |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Colin Ferster |
Author | Trisalyn Nelson |
Author | Kevin Manaugh |
Author | Jeneva Beairsto |
Author | Karen Laberee |
Author | Meghan Winters |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231159905 |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 2543-2559 |
Publication | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science |
ISSN | 2399-8083 |
Date | 2023-11-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd STM |
DOI | 10.1177/23998083231159905 |
Accessed | 2023-11-21 07:25:25 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | High-quality and consistent cycling infrastructure data are needed to advance research into equity and safety and for planning active transportation. With recent growth in cycling and investments in cycling infrastructure, there are concerns that these investments have not been equitable across communities. There is no consistent and complete national dataset for cycling infrastructure in Canada. Our goal is to develop a national cycling infrastructure dataset by (1) classifying OpenStreetMap (OSM) using the Canadian Bikeway Comfort and Safety Classification System (Can-BICS) as consistent criteria and categorisation for comfort class and infrastructure type; (2) performing a site-specific accuracy assessment by comparing the classification with more than 2000 reference points from a stratified random sample in 15 cities; and (3) presenting summary results from the national dataset. Based on reference data collected in 15 test cities, the classification had an estimated accuracy of 76 ± 3% for presence or absence of infrastructure, 71 ± 4% for comfort class and 69 ± 4% (by length) for infrastructure type. High comfort infrastructure was slightly underestimated (since bike paths were sometimes confused with multi-use paths) and low comfort infrastructure was slightly overestimated. Nationally, we identified 22,992 km of cycling infrastructure meeting Can-BICS standards and 48,953 km of non-conforming infrastructure. Multi-use paths are the most common infrastructure type by length (16.6%), followed by painted bike lanes (11.0%), and then high comfort infrastructure (cycle tracks, local street bikeways and bike paths) (4.3%). There was a wider range in access to cycling infrastructure in small cities than in medium and large cities. To reduce repeated effort assembling data and increase reproducible active transportation research, we encourage contribution to OSM. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Yang Yang |
Author | Samitha Samaranayake |
Author | Timur Dogan |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083231159909 |
Volume | 50 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 2452-2469 |
Publication | Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science |
ISSN | 2399-8083 |
Date | 2023-11-01 |
Extra | Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd STM |
DOI | 10.1177/23998083231159909 |
Accessed | 2023-11-21 07:25:08 |
Library Catalog | SAGE Journals |
Language | en |
Abstract | This paper uses a generalizable clustering approach to investigate the effects of socio-demographic features on aggregate urban mobility patterns, including activity distribution and travel modal split. We use K-means via principal component analysis to identify eight representative traveler clusters from the 2017 U.S. National Household Travel Survey. Based on the cluster centroids and the cluster percentages within a neighborhood, we can estimate a Temporal Mobility Choice Matrix (TM) that describes the neighborhood-level aggregate mobility choice pattern. The estimation accuracy is assessed in a case study in LA City. It is found that the neighborhood-level temporal mobility patterns are well-replicated, with an average R2 of 65.47%, 53.15%, and 72.04% among all analyzed neighborhoods in the city. However, we find a moderate to low accuracy in estimating the spatial differences in the mobility patterns across neighborhoods. This could be because factors other than socio-demographics, such as physical and built environment factors like terrain, street quality, or amenity densities, are contributing to the spatial differences but have not been considered in this study. Overall, we show that socio-demographic features alone can approximate the average temporal mobility choice patterns of a given population. Our method and result can serve as the baseline and benchmark for future mobility studies that take the socio-demographics of the traveler population into consideration in modeling. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Richard Mallett |
Author | Lillian Asingura |
Author | Geofrey Ndhogezi |
Author | Disan Byarugaba |
Author | Hakimu Sseviiri |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-022-09468-6 |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 501-520 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2023-12-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-022-09468-6 |
Accessed | 2023-11-20 08:54:15 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | After two years of extended lockdown, Kampala’s vast workforce of motorcycle taxi riders today looks a little different. Though the sector has long constituted a vital source of labour and income for many thousands of urban residents cut off from more decent opportunities elsewhere in the economy, a recent combination of lockdown pressures and digital transitions has created new forms of dependency upon the sector whilst simultaneously stripping some old ones away. In this article, we draw on in-depth qualitative data from interviews with riders, carried out at different stages of the pandemic, to show how the composition of labour within the sector has been reworked by a series of ‘selective exits’ and ‘substitution effects’ over the past two years. In exploring the nature and nuances of these parallel movements, our analysis not only reveals considerable socio-economic unevenness within the city’s motorcycle taxi sector itself but also sheds light on a new, broader configuration of urban inequality in the making. |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Malve Jacobsen |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-022-09477-5 |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 481-500 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2023-12-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-022-09477-5 |
Accessed | 2023-11-20 08:53:48 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | This article discusses the interplay of urban transport infrastructures and their need to and of discipline. Drawing on participatory observation, ride-alongs, and interviews, it elaborates the case of BRT introduction in Dar es Salaam and illustrates how various humans and nonhumans needed to be disciplined so that the Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit system could become operational. Referring to the conceptualizations of mediating technologies (Latour, 1994) and disciplinary devices (Ureta, 2012), this article elaborates how the new transport system disciplines its environment, and how it is itself disciplined through different norms and materialities. However, discipline did not realize as planned. De-scriptions (Akrich, 1992) of the system’s disciplining technologies occurred, as practices turned out differently. New forms and effective combinations of established practices and changing structures have led to fluid formations of urban transport. Two perspectives enable to deeply understand this transitional process. First, a sociotechnical perspective shows how agency has been (re)distributed and mediated through technologies and artefacts that were implemented to secure smooth bus operations. Second, a historical perspective elucidates how previous and prevalent practices of Tanzania’s minibus system and other road users impacted the formation of DART. The article hence demonstrates that technological innovation and spatial reorganization do not only lead to new forms of discipline, but to ongoing mediations and negotiations of transport practices. |
Short Title | Mediating Infrastructural Discipline |
Item Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Alexandra Parker |
Author | Margot Rubin |
URL | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-022-09479-3 |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 463-479 |
Publication | Urban Forum |
ISSN | 1874-6330 |
Date | 2023-12-01 |
Journal Abbr | Urban Forum |
DOI | 10.1007/s12132-022-09479-3 |
Accessed | 2023-11-20 08:53:35 |
Library Catalog | Springer Link |
Language | en |
Abstract | The morphology of many South African cities has changed little over the last 25 years: with some of the poorest communities still living on the peripheries in informal settlements and old townships. The resulting spatial mismatch, with difficulties of access and mobility, has been recorded and engaged with elsewhere; the day-to-day implications for households and families have been less well-considered. In work that was undertaken between March 2019 and February 2020 using a mixed-method approach that included focus groups, a smartphone mobility app, mapping and qualitative interviews, as well as, the use of other on-line communication platforms such as WhatsApp to gather data, the team looked at the intersection between mobility, access and household dynamics. Results surface and highlight how old spatial planning logics have direct impact on contemporary spatial footprints, mobility patterns and transit choices. Former ‘White’ neighbourhoods, designed to be relatively self-contained and meet the needs of the suburban population, still ensure relatively small spatial footprints that are car-reliant. While those living in older informal settlements and townships still have the burden of long distances to access economic and often educational advancement. Similarly, the historical layout of transport modes continues to affect the day-to-day decisions of modal choice. However, these spatial patterns and historical transit planning are overlaid with gender expectations and gendered divisions of labour—as women continue to carry most of the childcare and domestic responsibilities and men continue to feel the necessity for household income provision. Thus, historical and continued segregation in the city-region intersects with diverse dimensions of race, class and culture to perpetuate widespread gendered mobility patterns in the Gauteng City-Region. |
Short Title | Mobility Intersections |