New Perspectives and Methods in Transport and Social Exclusion Research

by Graham Currie (Editor)

Overview

This book presents findings of a highly successful, international research project exploring links between social exclusion (SE), transport disadvantage (TD) and psychological well being (WB). It outlines previous methods and explains how new methods were developed and applied to assist readers in applying new methods in future research. New insights from results and their policy implications are explored by leading writers in the field. In each section the implications of the approaches and their applicability in other geographic contexts are discussed. New analytical perspectives include measuring the strength of links between SE, WB and TD and the disaggregate analysis of these to specific groups and spatial areas. The research also examines new perspectives in relation to social capital and WB and developing new economic methods to estimate the marginal value of additional travel and its links to SE. The project has numerous publications in diverse fields, however, the material presented here is new. This source brings all the work together into one volume and provides a consolidated set of the methods and outcomes of the project including the unpublished final results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780522005
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/20/2011
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.85(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

List of Authors ix

Section 1 Introduction

I Introduction Graham Currie 3

Section 2 Research In Context

2.1 Transport Disadvantage: A Review Graham Currie Alexa Delbosc 15

2.2 Social Exclusion Janet R. Stanley 27

2.3 Contemporary Perspectives on Weil-Being Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 45

Section 3 Methodology Development

3.1 Study Approach Overview Graham Currie Alexa Delbosc 63

3.2 Measuring Social Exclusion Janet R. Stanley 77

3.3 Measuring Weil-Being Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick Alexa Delbosc 91

3.4 Exploring Transport Issues Graham Currie Alexa Delbosc 111

Section 4 Field Survey Results

4.1 Field Survey Sampling Results Graham Currie Alexa Delbosc 125

4.2 Field Survey Results Graham Currie Alexa Delbosc 133

Section 5 "New Analytical Perspectives

5.1 Piecing It Together: A Structural Equation Model of Transport, Social Exclusion and Weil-Being Alexa Delbosc Graham Currie 157

5.2 Taking it Apart: Disaggregate Modelling of Transport, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Alexa Delbosc Graham Currie 169

5.3 What Leads to Social Inclusion? An Examination of Trips, Social Capital and Well-Being Janet R. Stanley Dianne A. Vella-Brodrick 187

5.4 Economic Modelling John K. Stanley David A. Hensher 201

Section 6 International And Policy Perspectives

6.1 International Perspectives Karen Lucas Julia Markovich 223

6.2 Transport Planning and Policy Perspectives Jenny Morris Ray Kinnear 241

6.3 Public Policy Perspectives: A View from Outside Government John K. Stanley Janet R. Stanley 277

Section 7 Conclusions

7.1 Conclusions Graham Currie 297

Index 307