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Title Urban mobility and social equity in Latin America : evidence, concepts, methods / [edited by] Daniel Oviedo, Natalia Villamizar Duarte, Ana Ardila Pinto
Published Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 244 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Transport and sustainability ; volume 12
Transport and sustainability ; v. 12.
Contents Intro -- Half Title Page -- Editorial Advisory Board -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and tables -- Tables -- List of Contributors -- Editor Biographies -- Contributor Biographies -- Prologue -- Acknowledgements -- Urban Mobility and Social Equity: An Introduction -- Urban Mobility and Social Equity: An Introduction -- Structural Dimensions of Accessibility -- Active Travel and Local Accessibility -- Challenging Accessibilities -- General Contributions -- References
Chapter 1-Should Urban Transport Become a Social Policy? Interrogating the Role of Accessibility in Social Equity and Urban Development in Bogotá, Colombia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Accessibility as a Measure of Urban (in)equality -- 3. Bogotá and the Unequal Distribution of Accessibility -- 4. Reflections for Policy and Practice in Latin America -- 5. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2-Mobility and Gender Equity in Latin America: Different Mobile Burdens and Contributions in Montevideo (Uruguay) -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Framework -- 3. Case Study -- 4. Data and Methods
5. Results -- 5.1 Gendered Mobility Patterns -- 5.2 Care Mobility -- 5.3 Activity-Based Approach: Men and Women's Differential Itineraries -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3-Children and Urban Mobility: Care Dynamics on Family Mobility Patterns -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Mobility, Access and Gender -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Results -- 4.2. Mobility -- 4.2.1. Motivation -- 4.2.2. Mode of Transport -- 4.2.3. Ratio of Trips per Journey -- 5. Conclusion -- References
Chapter 4-'Like Sardines in a Can'. Gender, Stratification and Mobility in the Lives of Female Household Employees in Bogotá, Colombia -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Household Labour, Space and Mobility -- 2.2 Space and Mobility -- 3. Bogotá's Public Transportation System -- 4. Household Employees, Transportation and Socio-spatial Stratification in Bogotá -- 4.1 Work Schedules and Transportation -- 4.2 Means of Transportation -- 4.3 Spatial Segregation -- 4.4 Perceptions and Experiences of Safety -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Public Transportation System
General Mobility Statistics and Patterns -- Interlocutors -- Chapter 5-Sustainable Transport and Gender Equity: Insights from Santiago, Chile -- 1. Introduction: Gender and Equity in Sustainable Transport -- 2. Key Concepts and Methods: Gender and Transport 'Justice' -- 3. What Origin-Destination Data Reveal about Women's Travel in Santiago -- 3.1 Modal Share Evolution and Investment by Transport Mode -- 3.2 Poverty and Modal Share -- 3.3. Trip Purpose -- 4. Safety Perception and Sexual Harassment in Santiago's Public Transport System
Summary This volume of Transport and Sustainabilityfocuses on how spatial and social mobilities are intertwined in the reproduction of spatial and social inequities in Latin American cities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Urban transportation -- Latin America
Transportation and state -- Latin America
Equality -- Latin America
Social mobility -- Latin America
Urban communities.
Social Science -- Sociology -- Urban.
Equality
Social mobility
Transportation and state
Urban transportation
Latin America
Form Electronic book
Author Oviedo, Daniel, editor
Villamizar Duarte, Natalia, editor
Ardila Pinto, Ana, editor
ISBN 9781787690110
1787690113
9781787690097
1787690091