Maia, ML, Lucas, K orcid.org/0000-0002-4009-7017, Marinho, G et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Access to the Brazilian City - from the perspectives of low-income residents in Recife. Journal of Transport Geography, 55. pp. 132-141. ISSN 0966-6923
Abstract
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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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Transport Geography. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | transport; accessibility; low-income; Brazil; urban planning |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ESRC RES-070-27-0071 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2016 15:55 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2017 10:37 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.01.001 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.01.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94665 |