Understanding transport-related social exclusion through the lens of capabilities approach

Luz, Gregório; Portugal, Licínio da Silva

doi:10.1080/01441647.2021.2005183

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“…Formally, transportrelated social exclusion is defined as the process by which people are prevented from participating in the economic, political, and social life of the community because of reduced accessibility to opportunities, services, and social networks, due to in whole or in part, to poor potential mobility (Kenyon et al, 2002). It means that the partial or complete people's inability to traverse space limits individuals from reaching different opportunities, indicating accessibility poverty (Jeekel and Martens, 2017) which, in turn, can manifest itself in social exclusion (Luz and Portugal, 2021).…”

Section: Transport-related Social Exclusion (Trse) and Accessibilitymentioning

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“…The Social Exclusion Unit ( 2003) document brought a new narrative to accessibility notion: the ability of people to reach and take part in opportunities and activities normal for that society (Farrington and Farrington, 2005;Farrington, 2007;Social Exclusion Unit, 2003). From this point of view, accessibility is understood as an attribute of individuals in their interaction with the environment, considering how personal characteristics interact with the transport system, land-use, and political, economic, and social environment to shape the individuals' accessible opportunities set (Pereira et al, 2017;Lucas, 2006;Luz and Portugal, 2021).…”

Section: Transport-related Social Exclusion (Trse) and Accessibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the theoretical consistency of this statement, most of the accessibility measures used in practice to assess TRSE risk account only for some of the components (Kamruzzaman et al, 2016;Pyrialakou et al, 2016) that shape an individual's possibilities of participation and do not capture the complex social interactions, perceptions, and behaviours that influence activity participation (Bantis and Haworth, 2020;Luz and Portugal, 2021;Curl et al, 2011;Martens, 2016b).…”

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“…However, as previously mentioned, the currently existing accessibility measures cannot capture all the factors that influence an individual's ability to participate in activities. Because of this, it is also necessary to assess the number of activities that individuals have participated in to ensure that the chosen accessibility measure is appropriate to guide transportation policies aimed at reducing social exclusion (Luz and Portugal, 2021). When we assess the accessibility-activity participation relationship of a single individual, we can expect that some people have may have a high level of accessibility but a poor level of activity participation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These individuals (a) do not prefer to participate frequently in activities, (b) there are other barriers for activity participation not included in the accessibility analysis (e.g., disabled people, mental barriers, social isolation) or (c) the accessibility analysis do not fit preference/needs of people well enough (e.g., maybe there is a school available but not of the right type). However, if we aggregate the individuals' data and test this relationship for a whole population at once, in that case, it is expected that higher levels of accessibility are associated with greater participation in activities, on average, and, consequently, a lower level of social exclusion (Luz and Portugal, 2021). In this sense, a helpful accessibility metric for assessing TRSE must be associated, at least in part, with the activity participation level.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Most of the transport equity and TRSE studies assume that increasing accessibility levels lead to increased activity participation and, therefore, a reduction in social exclusion. Although this assumption makes sense from a theoretical point of view, this causal relationship has not yet been validated in practice. Previous studies investigating the accessibility-participation relationship were inconclusive, indicating that increasing accessibility has a limited impact on activity participation levels, if any. Moreover, the existing empirical evidence in the literature in the Global South context is scarce, is merely correlational and fails to infer causality between both variables. The contributions of the paper are threefold. First, (a) to provide a conceptual model of the causal relationship between accessibility, activity participation and risk of transport-related social exclusion (TRSE); second, (b) to summarise the available empirical evidence about the accessibility-activity participation relationship through a systematic literature review; and third, (c) to provide evidence of the causal relationship between accessibility and activity participation levels in a Global South context. Three Poisson regression models associated with an instrumental variable identification strategy were used to assess the causal effect between accessibility and participation in total, mandatory and discretionary activities in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The three models showed a highly significant, strong correlation between an individuals’ accessibility level and their actual participation in total, mandatory and discretionary activities. Based on our results, we argue that low accessibility levels may severely restrict individuals’ life chances and add evidence that accessibility has to be an important instrument to support transport policies' decision-making.

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Section: Transport-related Social Exclusion (Trse) and Accessibilitymentioning

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Understanding transport-related social exclusion through the lens of capabilities approach

Cited by 49 publications

References 103 publications

Does better accessibility help to reduce social exclusion? Evidence from the City of São Paulo, Brazil

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