Impact of aerial cable car in low-income area in Medellín, Colombia

Matsuyuki, Mihoko; Okami, Sarika; Nakamura, Fumihiko; Sarmiento-Ordosgoitía, Ivan

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2020.08.150

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“…However, these studies have mainly focused on the capital, Bogotá, and the city of Cali. About Medellin, there are, for example, other works [29,30] analyzing the improved access of users of the Metrocable system, but without measuring social equity, and Matsuyuki et al [38] examined the effect of Metrocable on the socio-economic and spatial scope in a specific community of Medellin.…”

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Assessment for the Social Sustainability and Equity under the Perspective of Accessibility to Jobs

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Social sustainability is a dimension of the concept of sustainability that has gained importance only in the last few decades and can be identified as the pursuit and measure of social equity. Equity can be analyzed under two approaches: horizontal and vertical. The horizontal approach considers the distribution of benefits equally, while the vertical equity considers these same benefits, but between specific groups, which is an adequate approach when dealing with policy-related topics, such as tariff subsidy. Accessibility is a factor that contributes to urban social sustainability and it may be a representation of physical and/or social barriers in the urban environment. Thus, this paper aims to assess social sustainability under a vertical equity approach, based on accessibility to jobs, for different population groups, comparing public with individual motorized transport. The case study was carried out in Medellín-Colombia, using data from the 2017 Home Destination Survey. It was found that users of individual transport have access to a greater number of jobs than users of public transport. In addition, those with higher income have better accessibility than those with lower income, even though they are not beneficiaries of tariff subsidy policies. Another highlight is that areas closer to the central region are also more accessible. In some specific communes, it would be indicated to seek to improve access through public transport, or the implementation of some public policy at the municipal level that could have an impact on access to opportunities.

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“…Innovative solutions: cable-cars have emerged as a cost-effective solution for connecting unplanned settlements on the steep hillsides surrounding Latin American cities such as Medellín, Colombia (Davila et al, 2013;Matsuyuki et al, 2020) and La Paz, Bolivia (Garsous et al, 2019). This approach could be feasible for Ulaanbaatar which, like Medellín, has grown laterally in a river valley.…”

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“…More specifically, Church et al (2000) identified the following seven transport-related factors that can lead to social exclusion: physical exclusion because of physical obstructions, geographical exclusion because services are too spatially inconvenient, exclusion from facilities because of distance from home, economic exclusion because of unaffordability, time-based exclusion because of scheduling or journey times, fear-based exclusion because of security threats, and space exclusion through the denial of access. In summarising the relationship between transport and social equity, Cordoba et al (2014) identify increased mobility as a factor to reduce social exclusion, while Matsuyuki et al (2020) note that increased mobility can often be assumed to be a proxy for poverty reduction.…”

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From the ger districts to the city centre: contrasts and inequities of access and mobility in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Hamiduddin

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2021

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This paper focuses on access, travel and social equity in the ger districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. These areas, radiating outwards from the central part of the city, are home to approximately 60% of Ulaanbaatar's population and a considerable range of socio-economic groups. The few available studies on transport and mobility across the ger districts (e.g. Velez et al. 2016; ADB 2009) indicate a relatively low level of automobile access, creating high levels of public or informal transport use. However, motorisation in Mongolia has increased (ADB, 2018). Drawing from a mixed methods research approach, the focus of this article is: what are the key mobility and access challenges facing ger district residents, and what social equity impacts do these have? This paper compares travel survey data from a ger district study site with data from an adjacent site in an apartment area linked to the core area of the city. Drawing from ethnography conducted among ger district residents, the paper then builds a higher resolution picture on the difficulties that residents face when travelling within their neighbourhood. The findings indicate that ger district residents face considerable access and mobility shortcomings compared to residents in central, built up areas of the city. Residents in ger districts are required to engage in considerably higher forms of innovation and collaboration to meet transport needs. This imbalance could perpetuate further motorisation in a city that already experiences high levels of traffic congestion in both ger district and apartment building areas.

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“…The availability of public transport services and the ability of residents to access services is a fundamental contributor to social equity [22], particularly in a Global South city such as Ulaanbaatar where a majority of ger district households do not have reliable access to a private car [23][24][25]. Cordoba et al [26] note the existence of an historic inverse correlation between mobility and poverty, and Matsuyuki et al [27] suggest that increased mobility can, in many instances, be taken to be as a proxy for reduced levels of poverty. Access to public transport therefore provides a foundational means to offer mobility, and thus, by definition, access to the opportunities of the city.…”

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Social Sustainability and Ulaanbaatar’s ‘Ger Districts’: Access and Mobility Issues and Opportunities

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This paper explores the concept of social sustainability in Ulaanbaatar’s ger districts in relation to access and mobility. Although ger districts are well-established in Mongolian culture as ephemeral encampments with transient residents, contemporary ger districts have become large and permanent residential districts that are now home to an estimated one-third of the country’s population. The more recent growth of the ger districts has taken place in three decades since Mongolia embraced market-based liberal economics, coinciding with waves of socially and economically-motivated urbanisation. More recently, difficult environmental conditions in rural Mongolia have created new waves of migration. The unfolding situation means that the ger districts have grown with little of the forward planning present in other built areas of the city. In turn, this has led to significant imbalances in the provision of transport services into the ger districts and the problems of access and mobility that this paper has highlighted. This paper has identified community-based local transport and delivery services as one potential means for addressing existing access and mobility shortcomings. Such approaches could provide temporary or complementary services alongside other public policy approaches.

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Impact of aerial cable car in low-income area in Medellín, Colombia

Cited by 11 publications

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Assessment for the Social Sustainability and Equity under the Perspective of Accessibility to Jobs

Assessment for the Social Sustainability and Equity under the Perspective of Accessibility to Jobs

From the ger districts to the city centre: contrasts and inequities of access and mobility in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Social Sustainability and Ulaanbaatar’s ‘Ger Districts’: Access and Mobility Issues and Opportunities

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