Re-thinking Mobility Poverty. Understanding Users’ Geographies, Backgrounds and Aptitudes

317 Pages·2021·7.784 MB·English

by  Tobias Kuttler, Massimo Moraglio (eds.)

Re-thinking Mobility Poverty
This book seeks to better conceptualise and define mobility poverty, ad-
dressing both its geographies and socio-economic landscapes. It moves be-
yond the analysis of ‘transport poverty’ and innovatively explores mobility
inequalities and social construction of mobility disadvantages.
The debate on mobility poverty is gaining momentum due to its role in
triggering social exclusion and economic deprivation. In this light, this
book examines the social construction of mobility poverty by delving into
mobility patterns and needs as they are differently experienced by social
groups in different geographical situations. It considers factors such as the
role of transport regimes and their social value when analysing the social
construction of individual´s mobility needs. Furthermore, the gaps between
articulated and unarticulated needs are identified by observing actual travel
patterns of individuals. The book offers a comparison of the global phe-
nomenon through fieldwork conducted in six different European c ountries –
Greece, Portugal, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania and Germany.
This book will be useful reading for planners, sociologists, geographers,
mobility/transport researchers, mobility advocates, policy-makers and
transport practitioners.
Tobias Kuttler is a geographer and urban planner, working on urban devel-
opment, mobility and social disadvantage. He is a researcher at TU Berlin
and PhD Candidate at TU Munich. He is writing his PhD dissertation on
the transformation of the taxi industry in Mumbai, India.
Massimo Moraglio is a Senior Researcher at Technische Universität Berlin
and Coordinator of the MBA “Sustainable Mobility”. His work explores
the relationship between technology and society, focusing on scenarios and
transitions. He is a member of the editorial board of Mobilities and Applied
Mobilities, and editor-in-chief of The Journal of Transport History.
Transport and Society
Series Editor: John D. Nelson
This series focuses on the impact of transport planning policy and imple-
mentation on the wider society and on the participation of the users. It dis-
cusses issues such as: gender and public transport, travel for the elderly and
disabled, transport boycotts and the civil rights movement etc. Interdisci-
plinary in scope, linking transport studies with sociology, social welfare,
cultural studies and psychology.
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Understanding Users´ Geographies, Backgrounds and Aptitudes
Edited by Tobias Kuttler and Massimo Moraglio
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Re-thinking Mobility Poverty
Understanding Users’ Geographies,
Backgrounds and Aptitudes
Edited by
Tobias Kuttler and
Massimo Moraglio
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Contents
List of figures xi
List of tables xiii
Contributor biographies xv
Acknowledgements xix
Disclaimers xxi
Preface xxiii
SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI
Foreword: a mobility justice lens on mobility poverty xxix
MIMI SHELLER
Introduction 1
TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO
PART I
Social skills and individual aptitudes 21
1 Learning mobility 23
TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO
2 Unequal mobilities, network capital and mobility justice 39
TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO
3 The impact of life events on travel behaviour 49
DELPHINE GRANDSART
PART II
Geographies of mobility poverty 59
4 The spatial dimension of mobility poverty 61
TOBIAS KUTTLER
viii Contents
5 The urban arena 81
TOBIAS KUTTLER
6 The rural arena 98
STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND COSIMO CHIFFI
PART III
Societal roots and impacts 111
7 Women and gender-related aspects 113
STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII, PATRIZIA MALGIERI
AND COSIMO CHIFFI
8 People on low income and unemployed persons 124
STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI
9 Impacts on mobility in an ageing Europe 135
VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS
10 The predicaments of European disabled people 147
VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS
11 Migrants, ethnic minorities and mobility poverty 162
PATRICK VAN EGMOND, TOBIAS KUTTLER AND JOANNE WIRTZ
12 Children and young people 180
STEFANO BORGATO, SILVIA MAFFII AND SIMONE BOSETTI
PART IV
The fieldwork 193
13 Forced car ownership and forced bus usage: contrasting
realities of unemployed and elderly people in rural regions –
the case of Guarda, Portugal 195
VASCO REIS AND ANDRÉ FREITAS
14 Perception of mobility poverty in remote peri-urban Salento, Italy 205
COSIMO CHIFFI, SILVIA MAFFII AND PATRIZIA MALGIERI
15 Isolation, individualism and sharing: mobility poverty in Naxos
and Small Cyclades, Greece 217
AKRIVI VIVIAN KIOUSI, MARIZA KONIDI AND DARIYA RUBLOVA
Contents ix
16 Unmet needs: exploring mobility poverty in Buzău, Romania 227
RAZVAN ANDREI GHEORGHIU AND VALENTIN IORDACHE
17 Towards an understanding of the social meanings of mobility:
the case of Esslingen, Germany 237
TOBIAS KUTTLER
18 Mobility poverty in Luxembourg: crossing borders, real estate,
vulnerable groups and migrants 251
PATRICK VAN EGMOND AND JOANNE WIRTZ
Findings and conclusions 260
TOBIAS KUTTLER AND MASSIMO MORAGLIO
Index 275