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Transport Disadvantage and Social Exclusion : Exclusionary Mechanisms in Transport in Urban Scotland.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Transport and Society SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (162 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351877756
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transport Disadvantage and Social ExclusionDDC classification:
  • 388.409411
LOC classification:
  • 2002190867
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Forgotten Transport Problem? -- 2 Patterns and Practices -- 3 Circumstance and Policy Context: Leith, Castlemilk and Coatbridge -- 4 Transport Choices and Disadvantage -- 5 Access to Local Services and Journey Time -- 6 Local Authority Response and the Public Transport Network -- 7 Where Next? -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: There is currently much interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating 'social exclusion'. By bringing together and analysing the travel experiences of a diverse range of groups - the visually impaired, wheelchair users, car users, public transport users and pedestrians - this book illustrates the nature of these exclusionary processes and indicates how policy and practice could be developed to counter these effects.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 A Forgotten Transport Problem? -- 2 Patterns and Practices -- 3 Circumstance and Policy Context: Leith, Castlemilk and Coatbridge -- 4 Transport Choices and Disadvantage -- 5 Access to Local Services and Journey Time -- 6 Local Authority Response and the Public Transport Network -- 7 Where Next? -- Annex -- Bibliography -- Index.

There is currently much interest in the role that transport plays in promoting, or alleviating 'social exclusion'. By bringing together and analysing the travel experiences of a diverse range of groups - the visually impaired, wheelchair users, car users, public transport users and pedestrians - this book illustrates the nature of these exclusionary processes and indicates how policy and practice could be developed to counter these effects.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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