Investigating the interplay between transport, land use and the environment: a review of the literature

Yiğitcanlar, Tan; Kamruzzaman, Md.

doi:10.1007/s13762-014-0691-z

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“…Besides the social benefits of addressing accessibility in transport planning, accessibility is accompanied by co-benefits, with much research showing that well-organized and planned transport systems addressing the accessibility of all users also tend to perform well concerning environmental and economic aspects [28][29][30][31]. Accessibility-related vulnerability (and by extension its sustainability) can be addressed via the provision of viable alternatives to personal cars for as many residents as possible.…”

Section: Policy and Planning Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of an Index of Transport-User Vulnerability, and its Application in Enschede, The Netherlands

Glensor

2018

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An index of accessibility-based vulnerability is created based on a definition of transport-user vulnerability regarding transport accessibility created for the EMPOWER project, in order to assess the project's key performance indicator of the inclusion of vulnerable people in the project's scheme. The objective of the index is to account for various individual vulnerability aspects, but also for the 'multi-dimensionality' of vulnerability, i.e. individuals may be vulnerable because of one specific aspect (e.g., disability), or they may be vulnerable because of multiple aspects which, if assessed in isolation, wouldn't classify the individual as vulnerable. Users of the project scheme in the Dutch city of Enschede are surveyed on, inter alia, their vulnerability based on this definition, according to their income, mobility budget, physical mobility, age, gender, living situation, nation of birth, and education. According to individual questions, 1% to 54% (single parents and females, respectively) of respondents have some level of vulnerability. According to the index, 23-36% of respondents can be considered to be vulnerable. Suitably modified for local conditions, the index is relevant to cities, especially quickly developing cities where congestion reduction is or has been a priority, insofar as it offers a way of measuring and monitoring the vulnerability of the users of their transport system. Finally, steps to adapt the index to other settings (cities or countries) are discussed.

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Section: Policy and Planning Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of an Index of Transport-User Vulnerability, and its Application in Enschede, The Netherlands

Glensor

2018

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“…Therefore, it can be said that the failure of certain systems (one or more of the above) that promote civic, economic, social and interpersonal integration in mainstream society lead to social exclusion [31,48,49]. The system view of social exclusion later on conceptualised as agency view that is responsible for causing social exclusion [30,34].…”

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Measures of Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Critical Review of the Literature

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Quantitative measures of transport disadvantage are reviewed in this paper from the perspective of their effectiveness to investigate social exclusion. The effectiveness is assessed using criteria derived through a review of the concepts of transport disadvantage and social exclusion and their operationalisation. The specified criteria are related to issues of spatial (e.g., urban accessibility, and public transport accessibility), temporal (e.g., public transport availability, and facility opening hours), and social attributes of travel and activity participation (e.g., personal mobility, and disability). Four groups of transport disadvantage measures are identified and evaluated. These include deprivation-based measures, mobility-based measures, accessibility-based measures, and activity-based measures. The review suggests that although the first three categories of measures have traditionally been used to identify transport disadvantage, they do not satisfy issues surrounding activity participation-the key outcome of social exclusion. The activity space concept is a way in which these issues can be incorporated, as it is a measure of the outcomes of activity participation and their associated travel to that activity. Participation in an activity means that an individual has overcome the spatial, temporal and social barriers of travel for that activity. The research using the activity space concept has, however, inadequately identified individual travel and activity participation. This has been due to a separate application of a range of different indicators to assess activity space size. These indicators are by their nature multidimensional-e.g., area visited, distance travelled, and number of activity sites visited. Although each indicator represents a specific qualitative/quantitative aspect of travel and activity participation, researchers have treated these indicators in an isolated manner to identify transport disadvantage and consequently transport-related social exclusion. This paper identifies the weaknesses and strengths associated with these measures; and methods are directed to overcome the limitations.

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“…Realization of the fact that urgent measures must be taken to combat environmental externalities responsibly, effectively, and efficiently have resulted in the rediscovery of the need for more eco-friendly practices [5][6][7]. Subsequently, during the last few decades, "sustainability" and "sustainable development" have become popular topics not only for scholars, particularly in the fields of environmental economics, technology and science, urban planning, development, and management, but also for urban policy makers and professional practitioners [8][9][10].…”

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Planning, Development and Management of Sustainable Cities: A Commentary from the Guest Editors

Yiğitcanlar

Kamruzzaman

2015

Sustainability

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Cities are the most dramatic manifestations of human activities on the surface of the earth. These human-dominated organisms-i.e., cities-degrade natural habitats, simplify species composition, disrupt hydrological systems, and modify energy flow and nutrient cycling. Today, these consequential impacts of human activities, originated from population increase, rapid urbanization, high private motor vehicle dependency, deregulated industrialization and mass livestock production, are increasing exponentially and causing great deal of environmental, social, and economic challenges both at global and local scales. In such a situation, establishment of sustainable cities, through sustainable urban development practices, is seen as a potential panacea to combat these challenges responsibly, effectively, and efficiently. This paper offers a critical review of the key literature on the issues relating to planning, development and management of sustainable cities, introduces the contributions from the Special Issue, and speculates on the prospective research directions to place necessary mechanisms to secure a sustainable urban future for all.

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Investigating the interplay between transport, land use and the environment: a review of the literature

Cited by 68 publications

References 98 publications

Development of an Index of Transport-User Vulnerability, and its Application in Enschede, The Netherlands

Development of an Index of Transport-User Vulnerability, and its Application in Enschede, The Netherlands

Measures of Transport-Related Social Exclusion: A Critical Review of the Literature

Planning, Development and Management of Sustainable Cities: A Commentary from the Guest Editors

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