Transport disavantage and social - exclusion

The term social exclusion reflects the existence of barriers that prevent people fully participating in society. Many factors contribute to this, one of which is lack of access to an adequate transport system. This transport policy study focuses on the situation in urban Scotland.

List of contents

Contents: A forgotten transport problem?; Patterns and practices; Circumstance and policy context: Leith, Castlemilk and Coatbridge; Transport choices and disadvantage; Access to local services and journey time; Local authority response and the public transport network; Where next?; Annex; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Julian Hine, Fiona Mitchell

Summary

The term social exclusion reflects the existence of barriers that prevent people fully participating in society. Many factors contribute to this, one of which is lack of access to an adequate transport system. This transport policy study focuses on the situation in urban Scotland.

Additional text

'This book will make an important, evidence-based, contribution to this issue which, in recent years, has become prominent in transport policy debates in the UK and elsewhere.' Dr John Preston, University of Oxford, UK 'Against a careful review of the evidence so far, the authors provide a detailed assessment of the patterns of social exclusion and its transport links in three Scottish areas of different characteristics. The book adds very valuable case study material to an often abstract policy discussion.' Professor Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich

Product details

• Authors: j mitchell Hine, Julian Hine, Hine Julian, Fiona Mitchell, Mitchell Fiona
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2003
• EAN: 9780754618478
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-1847-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 225 mm x 18 mm
• Series: Transport and Society; Transport and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; TRANSPORTATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Scotland, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, Social issues & processes, Transport industries, Social research & statistics, Social and ethical issues, Urban communities, Social research and statistics, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy