Changing aspirations: The future of transport and health

Abstract

Changing aspirations: the future of transport and health 1. Sustainability and climate change I write this as the urgent need to prevent global climate change is being brought to everyone's attention through United Nations debates, Climate Strikes and Extinction Rebellion protests. Minovi has written about the need for a 'plastic straw' moment for sustainable and equitable mobility (http://blogs.worldbank.org/transport/advocating-changewhen-will-transport-have-its-plastic-straw-moment#comment-129826). Equity, of course, needs to apply both between and within countries. The Sustainable Development Goals (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/) apply to HICs as well as to low and middle income countries (LMICs). These are important not only to improve human health and reduce inequalities [disparities] by age, gender, ethnicity, religion, country and socio-economic circumstances, but also for planetary health. I am therefore pleased to bring to your attention the call for manuscripts for a special issue of this journal on Health equity, social inclusion and mobility (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-oftransport-and-health/call-for-papers/health-equity-social-inclusion-and-mobility). The submission portal will open in 2020, through EMAN (see below).

Qualitative Impact Analysis of International Tourists and Residents’ Perceptions of Málaga-Costa Del Sol Airport

“…According to the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), an airport is defined as any defined area of land or water used or intended for the arrival and departure of aircrafts including "appurtenant area used or intended for airport building" [43]. Air transport can be related to many different fields, such as health [44][45][46][47], management [48,49], artificial intelligence [50], carriers [51], low-cost companies [52,53], employment [54], global city network [55][56][57][58][59][60], and governments [61] but all of them agree on the benefits for the communities. Tourism can develop the local economy of a territory, increase employment, and support communities [62][63][64][65][66][67] but for residents, this perspective could take the opposite direction.…”