Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore
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Beschreibung
This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong. It considers the influence of self-organisation: how the mobility of an individual is constituted by structures such as transport systems or socio-economic structural factors, as well as influenced by individual decisions. Where most transport studies focus on the influence of factors such as income inequality, the gender gap, and the built environment, this book fills a gap in paying particular attention to the influence of individual decisions on commuting. Given the prevalence of the former in research, government decision-makers are often constrained by these approaches and fail to understand the commuting problems of the poor. This book argues that the self-organisation approach provides some ideas that are outside the common conceptual framework in conventional transport planning and looks to improve mobility of lower-income commuters. Relevant to social science researchers working in areas such as urban planning and transport, mobility deprivation, and poverty, this book breaks new ground in quality of life studies in the Singapore and Hong Kong contexts.
This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong. It considers the influence of self-organisation: how the mobility of an individual is constituted by structures such as transport systems or socio-economic structural factors, as well as influenced by individual decisions. Where most transport studies focus on the influence of factors such as income inequality, the gender gap, and the built environment, this book fills a gap in paying particular attention to the influence of individual decisions on commuting. Given the prevalence of the former in research, government decision-makers are often constrained by these approaches and fail to understand the commuting problems of the poor. This book argues that the self-organisation approach provides some ideas that are outside the common conceptual framework in conventional transport planning, and looks to improve mobility of lower-income commuters. Relevant to social science researchers working in areas such as urban planning and transport, mobility deprivation and poverty, this book breaks new ground in quality of life studies in the Singapore and Hong Kong contexts.
Investigate mobility problems by using structuration theory Deals with travel problems by investigating government policies and social norms that interact with individual actions Presents policy recommendations to improve mobility for poor workers in Hong Kong and Singapore
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Joseph Cho-Yam Lau
Themen in »Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore«
Economic restructuring Immigrants in Hong Kong and Singapore Aging populations Self-organisation Structuration theory Urban transport planning Hong Kong Travel Characteristics Survey 2011 Singaporeans’ travel problems Gender gap Commuting time and well-being Mobility deprivation of low-income workers Informal labour