Rural accessibility, social inclusion and social justice: towards conceptualisation

Farrington, John; Farrington, Conor

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2004.10.002

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“…Coupled with the higher cost of vehicle fuel and the poorer availability of buses in rural, there are clear inequalities in transport provision between rural and urban areas. According to Farringdon and Farringdon (2006), it has frequently been a key assumption of rural planners that those choosing to live in rural areas make the decision in full knowledge that accessibility will be more difficult and they must compensate accordingly, usually by car ownership. This assumption fails to consider those for whom living in an inaccessible location was not a choice.…”

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The health implications of inequalities in travel

Mackett

2014

Journal of Transport & Health

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The purpose of this paper is to examine whether some groups in society have poorer travel opportunities or are affected adversely by transport more than others with consequent implications for their health. The following potential inequalities in access to travel are considered: income, ethnicity, gender, rurality and disability. The impacts of two externalities of the transport system are considered: casualty rates and atmospheric emissions. Access to a car is found to be a key factor. Generally, the inequalities are decreasing over time as those with lower incomes increase their car ownership towards the levels of those with higher incomes. Highlights Large differences exist in the volumes of travel by various groups in society.  These differences are decreasing over time. There are large differences in access between urban and rural areas. Cultural factors contribute to differences in access. Casualty rates and vehicle emissions impact more on the poor than the rich.

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The health implications of inequalities in travel

Mackett

2014

Journal of Transport & Health

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“…Farrington and Farrington's (2005) discussion of the difference between absolute and relative accessibility is of relevance here, drawing upon issues of social justice, rights and wants as important, especially when areas for investment might be decided based upon how one area compares with another.…”

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Does Accessibility Planning address what matters? A review of current practice and practitioner perspectives

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2011

Research in Transportation Business & Management

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Abstract"Accessibility" has become commonplace in transport planning and as such there is a plethora of interpretations of what accessibility means, what constitutes a good measure of accessibility, and how this might be applied in practice. This paper presents an overview of approaches to measuring accessibility and presents a case study of Accessibility Planning in England -one approach to formalising the concept of accessibility. Results of semi-structured interviews with local authority officers are discussed to establish whether current approaches allow their desired outcomes to be met. This approach demonstrates where there might be gaps between measured or modelled accessibility and the perceptions of the individuals. Findings suggest that while the process is deemed useful in raising the profile of accessibility issues, measures of accessibility do not necessarily easily translate into quantifying benefits of those improvements that are perceived by practitioners to improve accessibility and reduce transport disadvantage.

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“…The social justice dimension of sustainable development, in turn, draws attention towards the distribution of benefits and burdens over members of society. Starting from transport as a derived need, accessibility is used in this context as an indicator of the extent to which all groups can participate in activities considered 'normal' to their society, such as access to employment and essential services (Farrington and Farrington 2005). In both cases, accessibility is a key policy indicator, and accessibility measures are necessary for adequate policy development.…”

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Public transport versus private car GIS-based estimation of accessibility applied to the Tel Aviv metropolitan area

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The increasing interest in sustainable development has underlined the importance of accessibility as a key indicator to assess transport investments, urban policy, and urban form. From both the environmental and the equity component of sustainability, a comparison of accessibility by car versus public transport is of utmost importance. However, most studies in this direction have used rather rough estimates of travel time, especially by public transport. In this paper, we present Urban.Access, an ArcGIS extension for estimating car-based and transit-based accessibility to employment and other land uses. Urban.Access enables a detailed representation of travel times by transit and car and thus makes it possible to adequately compare accessibility levels by transport mode. The application of Urban.Access to the Tel Aviv metropolitan area shows that the gaps between car-based and transit-based accessibility are larger than those found in other studies. We argue that this is not the result of a poorer transit system, but rather of a more detailed description of travel by transit in the Urban.Access application. The larger gaps point to a greater need for adequate policy responses, both for reducing car dependence as well as for creating a more equitable

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Rural accessibility, social inclusion and social justice: towards conceptualisation

Cited by 349 publications

References 7 publications

The health implications of inequalities in travel

The health implications of inequalities in travel

Does Accessibility Planning address what matters? A review of current practice and practitioner perspectives

Public transport versus private car GIS-based estimation of accessibility applied to the Tel Aviv metropolitan area

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