Access to the Brazilian City—From the perspectives of low-income residents in Recife
| Autor: | Maria Leonor Alves Maia, Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, Karen Lucas, Jessica Helena de Lima, Geraldo Marinho |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
Economic growth Transportation planning Underpinning Mobilities 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Transport 021107 urban & regional planning Transportation Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Life chances Livelihood Accessibility Low income Quality of life (healthcare) Urban planning Political science 0502 economics and business Brazil General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da UFRN Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) instacron:UFRN |
| Popis: | This paper describes a study of the transport and accessibility needs of residents living in low-income communities in the City of Recife in Brazil. It discusses the theoretical background underpinning the academic and policy rationale for such a study. We outline the qualitative methodological approach, which was adopted to engage in meaningful knowledge exchanges with what are often considered by policymakers to be the ‘hard-to-reach’ citizens of Brazil's favelas. In the exploration of our study results, we describe the complex relationship between the mobilities and livelihoods of the research participants. A key question the paper seeks to examine is how far the restricted mobility and activity patterns of citizens in these low-income communities influences or interacts with their quality of life outcomes in terms of their wealth, health and wellbeing? A second question is whether transport planning and policy can have a role to play in enhancing their future life chances? Currently, transport planners and policymakers in Brazil know very little about the specific accessibility and mobility needs of people living in Brazilian low-income communities. Our aim is to shed some light on the issue of their mobility needs in the context of a wider set of policy discussions about how to protect the livelihoods and wellbeing of low-income populations within rapidly emerging urban economies. |
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