Economic crisis and promotion of sustainable transportation: A case survey in the city of Volos, Greece

Galanis, Athanasios; Botzoris, George; Siapos, Anastasios; Eliou, Nikolaos; Profillidis, Vassilios

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.114

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“…Additionally, an increase in cycling and walking was noted. A similar finding was observed in a study conducted in the city of Volos, Greece (Galanis et al 2017). According to their findings, Greek citizens have switched to sustainable mobility options during the country's years of economic hardship.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…According to a survey done in Greece, people's transportation preferences have shifted in favour of sustainable transport forms of transportation during the country's economic crisis (Papagiannakis et al 2018). Owing to financial constraints, they preferred the use of public transportation, bicycle or walking instead of private vehicles (Galanis et al 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Lifestyle changes during the economic crisis: a Sri Lankans survey

Sooriyaarachchi,

Jayawardena

2023

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has caused millions of people to descend into poverty, compromising their rights to health, education and standard of living. This study aimed to examine how the economic crisis has affected Sri Lankans’ lifestyles. Subject and methods An online cross-sectional survey was conducted in July 2022, using an e-questionnaire based on Google Forms. The questionnaire assessed respondents’ socio-demographics and lifestyle-related behaviours before and during the economic crisis. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used. Results A total of 1214 respondents, aged ≥ 18 years were included in this survey. During the crisis, there was a nearly 80% and 60% decline in alcohol consumption and smoking, respectively. Although many respondents (57.6%) used private vehicles as their primary mode of transportation before the crisis, this has decreased significantly (18.2%) during the crisis. Furthermore, 65.3% reported that their walking time has increased during this time. Respondents who lived in Colombo were significantly more likely to report increased walking time compared to people from other districts (OR 1.540; 95% CI, 1.081–2.193; P = 0.017). Also, those with the lowest monthly incomes reported a twofold increase in walking time during the crisis as those with the highest monthly incomes (OR = 2.224, 95% CI = 1.329–3.723, P = 0.002). Cooking methods used before and after the economic crisis differ significantly, with many respondents relying on gas (pre 92.8%; post 15.5%) as their primary cooking fuel before the crisis and now moving to firewood (pre 3.7%; post 46.5%). More than two-thirds (75.2%) of respondents were thinking of migrating to another country alone or with their families because of the country’s current situation. Conclusion The everyday activities of Sri Lankans have been significantly affected by the country’s economic crisis.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lifestyle changes during the economic crisis: a Sri Lankans survey

Sooriyaarachchi,

Jayawardena

2023

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…This crisis affected the transportation and mobility sector accordingly [59]. The use of private vehicles declined [60,61,81] while the public transport's funding, maintenance and quality of services were seriously affected [67] despite a recorded shift to the use of public transportation and of other more economic, environmentally friendly and socially alternative modes [35]. During those years and as a response to the austerity measures, new solidarity initiatives have been formed (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

Designing Sharing Economy Platforms through a 'Solidarity HCI' lens

Ntouros

Kouki

Vlachokyriakos

2021

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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Despite sharing economy's promise of a novel, inclusive and community building socio-techno-economic system, sharing economy has been indicted, among others for profiteering from previously private and occasionally non-monetized activities, for turning the activity of sharing into an individualistic and impersonal one, for reproducing stereotypes and creating precarious jobs. In the epicenter of such critiques are the 'big' and 'limelight-ed' platform-firms, like AirBnB and Uber and the digital infrastructures they employ. To the best of our knowledge, the majority of related research focuses on SE platforms of this ilk. In response, acknowledging that the problem is not the agency of the digital in the activity of sharing per se, but that the wrong people set the terms, design and benefit from this mediation, we find it timely to explore the existence of community-driven sharing economy initiatives and explore how they use the digital to support their sharing ends. As a result, in this paper we report from our engagement with a ride-sharing initiative, called 'Share the ride ;)' which operates within a Facebook group since 2009 and is the most popular ride-sharing 'platform' in Greece.Extrapolating from our findings and while adopting a 'Solidarity HCI' approach, a call to design for 'human' rather than market needs, we participate in the 'sharing discourse' by providing design implications for the development of sharing economy platforms which can favor community building, participation, self-organization and the nurturing of a generative sharing ideology. To this end, we suggest the development of malleable sharing economy platforms and of mechanisms which can support the development of relational trust(s) and enduring social relations. Finally, we underscore that in order to favor the establishment of such relations, those platforms should employ architectures which esteem pluralism and self-affirmation.CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing systems and tools.

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“…Analyzing the impacts and the effects of the economic crisis in relation to the promotion of the usability of sustainable transportation, Galanis et al (2017) did research in the city of Volos in Greece (of about 130,000 residents) where a survey was applied with 605 random participants in 2013. It aimed to identify, firstly, the demographic data, the purchasing power, the possession of bicycles, and the private vehicle and driver license ownership.…”

Section: Urban Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%