Overview
Provides evidence that individual decision-action and social structure, in addition to the transport systems and the built-environment, are also vital factors influencing individual accessibility
Confirms that a significant proportion of poor workers’ travel problems are rooted in interaction between behaviour and social structures, and argues that any change in human actions or structures in the social systems results in the production of complex and spontaneous travel behaviour
Introduces the self-organisation approach for urban transport planning in the future
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About this book
The overwhelming majority of models in transport research assume that socio-economic factors and the built-environment influence the accessibility of transport for individuals. This book provides evidence that individual decision-makings and actions are also vital factors to bring out changes in accessibility.
Further, the study adopts a self-organisation process and structuration theory to illustrate that a significant proportion of travel problems of migrants are rooted in the interaction between actions and social structures. Any change in migrants’ actions or social structures in the self-organisation process would result in the production of complex and spontaneous travel behaviour. The self-organisation approach presented provides a new approach for urban transport planning in the future, particularly on the investigation of the accessibility of disadvantaged social groups. By using the social theories, transport research can have an effect on commuting behaviour and to improve poor workers’ quality of life.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Self-Organisation Shapes Travel Behaviours and Social Exclusion in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods of China
Authors: Joseph Cho-yam Lau
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2252-9
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2251-2Published: 20 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-2254-3Published: 20 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-2252-9Published: 19 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 224
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Human Geography, Sustainable Development