ABSTRACT

The book considers urban mobilities and immobilities in the Global South through an exploration of the theoretical and methodological entry points that can be used to further the agenda of transport planning. Transport system improvements can (and do) have complex and unequal impacts on different sectors of society. Conventional approaches to analysing travel demand and transport system performance developed in the ‘Global North’ are typically ill-equipped to identify and understand the complexities and inequities in urban areas of the Global South. Using case studies from urban Africa and Asia, the book addresses the need to understand the ‘lived world’ of mobilities and use this knowledge to address issues that are central to our urban existence in the 21st century.

chapter 1|22 pages

Cycling for social justice in democratizing contexts

Rethinking “sustainable” mobilities

chapter 2|20 pages

Negotiating access

Urban planning policy and the social production of street vendor micro-mobilities in Hanoi, Vietnam

chapter 4|17 pages

Informal mobilities and elusive subjects

Researching urban transport in the Global South

chapter 5|16 pages

The paratransit puzzle

Mapping and master planning for transportation in Maputo and Nairobi

chapter 8|18 pages

One hundred years of movement control

Labour (im)mobility and the South African political economy

chapter 10|20 pages

Undertheorized mobilities

chapter |8 pages

Epilogue

Creating planning knowledge through dialogues between research and practice