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Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore

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Authors:
  1. Joseph Cho-Yam Lau

    1. Independent Researcher, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  • Investigate mobility problems by using structuration theory
  • Deals with travel problems by investigating government policies and social norms that interact with individual actions
  • Presents policy recommendations to improve mobility for poor workers in Hong Kong and Singapore

Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia (QLAS, volume 18)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 1-28

  3. Influence of Government Policies and Individual Decisions on the Commuting of Poor Workers in Hong Kong

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 29-69

  4. Impacts of Government Policies and Individual Decisions on the Commuting of Poor Workers in Singapore

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 71-112

  5. Neighbourhood Effects Influence the Commuting of the Poor in Deprived Urban Neighbourhoods of Hong Kong and Singapore

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 113-152

  6. Impacts of the Suburbanization Policy on the Spatial Mismatch Commuting of Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 153-196

  7. Comparing Policies Between Hong Kong and Singapore with a Focus on the Commuting of the Poor

    • Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
    Pages 197-232
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About this book

This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong. It considers the influence of self-organisation: how the mobility of an individual is constituted by structures such as transport systems or socio-economic structural factors, as well as influenced by individual decisions. Where most transport studies focus on the influence of factors such as income inequality, the gender gap, and the built environment, this book fills a gap in paying particular attention to the influence of individual decisions on commuting. Given the prevalence of the former in research, government decision-makers are often constrained by these approaches and fail to understand the commuting problems of the poor. This book argues that the self-organisation approach provides some ideas that are outside the common conceptual framework in conventional transport planning and looks to improve mobility of lower-income commuters. Relevant to social science researchers working in areas such as urban planning and transport, mobility deprivation, and poverty, this book breaks new ground in quality of life studies in the Singapore and Hong Kong contexts.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Researcher, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Joseph Cho-Yam Lau

About the author

Joseph Cho Yam Lau is an independent researcher investigating poverty and urban transport planning in Hong Kong. He obtained his M.Phil. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1997 under the supervision of Professor H. Dimitriou. He completed his doctoral degree at the University of Hong Kong in 2007 supervised by Professor Peter Hills. He has published numerous journal papers mainly in Cities and Habitat International, as well as a book published by Springer in 2020.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore

  • Authors: Joseph Cho-Yam Lau

  • Series Title: Quality of Life in Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7265-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7264-7Published: 17 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-7267-8Due: 17 November 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-7265-4Published: 16 October 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2211-0550

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-0569

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 232

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 68 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Urban Studies/Sociology, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Industries, Public Policy, Public Policy

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