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Report of INTALInC workshop ‘Transport and Mobilities: Meeting the need of vulnerable populations in developing cities’ now available
INTALInC has published the report of its first workshop, held at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana in May 2017.
Nearly 30 delegates attended the meeting, representing local stakeholders and universities in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and the UK. The report gives a summary of their presentations and findings, as well as an overview of the fieldwork carried out during the workshop.
It is hoped that by presenting our research evidence INTALInC will extend its reach, making a positive impact on transport policies in cities like Cape Coast, across the Global South.
Download a copy of the report here.
Prize winning paper
The Institute of Civil Engineers Webb prize for best paper has been awarded to Karen Lucas, Giulio Mattioli, Ersilia Verlinghieri and Alvaro Guzman.
Their paper, ‘Transport poverty and its adverse social consequences’ looks at how the ways in which academic research and policy programmes have defined and recorded the the problem of transport poverty are directly related to the ways in which it has been subsequently addressed in practice. Poor treatment of the issue could affect between 10 and 90 percent of all households.
The paper was first published in ICE in December 2016 and can be read in full here.
We have now launched
INTALInC, funded by the ESRC’s Global Challenge Research Fund, has been set up to build lasting research partnerships to develop research to promote urban transport systems that can meet the travel needs of low income populations in cities in the Global South.
The social consequences of inadequate transport systems in developing cities have been largely ignored by policy makers. However, researchers are increasingly raising concerns about the severe mobility and accessibility disadvantages of the urban poor in developing cities. Using case studies from cities in Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, South Africa and Uganda, INTALInC’s interdisciplinary focus will be transformative for the development of more socially inclusive transport systems planning in these locations.
Coordinated by the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds (UK), the core network is made up of nine partner organisations from across the UK, Africa and East Asia. Established in January 2017, in the first instance INTALInC will run until June 2018.
Professor Karen Lucas, the Network Director says, ‘We want the network to draw together a wide range of expertise and experiences from within and outside of the transport sector, especially in related fields such as housing, health, education and social welfare. How and where transport systems are designed and operated makes all the difference to whether they include or exclude the poorest people living in developing cities. Our key aim is to discuss and expose the important links between people’s ability to move and their opportunity to participate in life-chance opportunities such as employment, education and healthcare and welfare services. We also want to ensure that people can travel affordably and without fear for their lives whether on foot, by bicycle or by public transport.’
Over the next 18 months, INTALInC will build collaborative, cross disciplinary relationships, and develop and run four ‘research in practice’, country-based workshops, as well as a series of interim webinars and other networking events to share information and cement links with the broader network. Outputs from these events will communicate the transport and accessibility needs of vulnerable populations to local and national decision makers, making a real impact on the transport systems of tomorrow in developing cities.
The next INTALInC workshop will be held in Cape Coast, Ghana on 22-23 May 2017. Partners will meet to investigate the specific mobility concerns and accessibility needs of children and young people in Ghana.
To keep up to date with INTALInC activities, sign up for the network newsletter at http://www.intalinc.wordpress.com or follow @INTALInC on Twitter. For more information, contact Emma Tsoneva, Network Coordinator: e.l.tsoneva@leeds.ac.uk
Call for paper for the special issue: Concepts and methods on informality in urban transport across world regions
Building on a set of original papers, this special issue seeks to establish an account of the state-of-the-art of which concepts and methods are applied for what topics/aspects of informality in urban transport, an in-depth review of selected specific methods and their application in the field and the identification of their strengths and limitations, and the identification of lessons and directions for future research on the subject.
If you would like further information, please click here or contact the guest editor below.
Time Line:
End of June 2017: deadline for submission of draft papers to the guest editors
Submission Method:
Please submit your papers to the guest editors for the first round of review.
1) Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinrichs : dirk.heinrichs@dlr.de
2) Prof. Dr. Barbara Lenz: barbara.lenz@dlr.de
First Workshop
The new GCRF funded INTALInC got off to a flying start at Weetwood Hall on 22 & 23 February. The workshop set the foundations for the focus of the network and from here the network will be heading to Cape Coast, Ghana.
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