Urban Mobility Systems in the World.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lesteven, Gaele
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Newark, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2024.
Subjects:	Urban transportation.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction: Diversity and Evolution of Urban Mobility Systems
Part 1. Urban Mobility and Socio-Economic Characteristics
Chapter 1. Getting Around the City: Overview of Urban Mobility Around the World
1.1. Describing urban mobility systems
1.1.1. Definitions
1.1.2. Population growth and urban transition
1.1.3. Mobility and urban forms
1.1.4. Social trends
1.2. Observing urban mobility
1.2.1. Household equipment and personal mobility
1.2.2. A diversity of modal share
1.3. Modes of transport: areas of relevance, urban planning and local policies
1.3.1. The predominance of private cars
1.3.2. High urban density and public transport
1.3.3. Active transport in the heart of the city
1.4. Conclusion
1.5. References
Chapter 2. Unevenly Distributed Mobility, Spotlight on Brazil
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Income and access to the automobile, main determinants of low mobility
2.2.1. Decreasing inequalities of motorization
2.2.2. Decoupling of motorization and automotive mobility
2.2.3. Automobile dependency as a source of inequalities
2.3. Low mobility as a source of exclusion
2.4. The effects of accessibility and low densities
2.5. Room for maneuver with respect to transport poverty
2.6. In Brazil, increased inequality and transport poverty?
2.6.1. Low mobility, a question of measurement?
2.6.2. With motorization, inequalities in mobility increase
2.6.3. Slow public transport
2.6.4. Geographical confinement
2.6.5. Highly mobile poor neighborhoods
2.7. Conclusion
2.8. References
Chapter 3. Going Out Without Getting By? Mobility and Poverty in Dakar
3.1. Field and tools
3.2. Who are the poor?
3.3. A specific mobility in situations of poverty
3.3.1. Essential mobility
3.3.2. Costly mobility
3.3.3. Local mobility
3.4. Going to study: degraded conditions of access to institutions
3.5. Shopping for food: a little further, a little less easy
3.6. Living in the outskirts, working in the neighborhood instead of downtown Dakar
3.7. Restricted access to the city
3.8. Conclusion
3.9. References
Chapter 4. Children's Mobility: Comparative Perspectives Between France and Quebec
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Children as mainly passengers in individual motorized modes
4.2.1. School as structuring family organization
4.2.2. The predominance of motorized modes for getting to school
4.2.3. Walking and cycling, modes used less and less
4.3. Important health, safety and environmental issues
4.3.1. Physical inactivity impacts children's health
4.3.2. Parental fears of accidents and assaults
4.3.3. A difficult but necessary change faced with climate issues
4.4. Actions to encourage modal change for daily mobility
4.4.1. Organizing accompaniment of children on foot