Sufficient access? Activity participation, perceived accessibility and transport-related social exclusion across spatial contexts

IF 3.5 2区工程技术 Q1 ENGINEERING, CIVIL

Transportation Pub Date : 2024-02-17 DOI:10.1007/s11116-024-10470-z

Felix Johan Pot, Eva Heinen, Taede Tillema

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Promoting social inclusion through facilitating the participation in social and economic activities is a central goal of land-use and transport planning. This study examines the relationship between activity participation and experiences of transport-related social exclusion across different spatial accessibility levels in the Netherlands. Using perceived accessibility as an indicator of the benefits derived from spatial opportunities, this paper reveals a weak and non-linear connection between activity participation and satisfaction with accessibility, which becomes negligible at higher participation levels. Even when individuals have low engagement levels, they often report high perceived accessibility, indicating voluntary non-participation. In rural areas with limited local opportunities, constrained participation is more prominent, especially for those with limited mobility options. The weak correlations between participation and experienced benefits from accessibility across diverse spatial contexts emphasize the importance of considering perceived accessibility alongside spatial and activity data in normative debates on determining the sufficiency of accessibility.

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交通是否足够便利？不同空间环境下的活动参与、可感知的可达性和与交通相关的社会排斥

通过促进人们参与社会和经济活动来推动社会包容是土地使用和交通规划的核心目标。本研究探讨了荷兰不同空间可达性水平下活动参与与交通相关社会排斥体验之间的关系。本文将感知到的可达性作为从空间机会中获益的指标，揭示了活动参与度与可达性满意度之间微弱的非线性联系，当参与度较高时，这种联系变得微不足道。即使个人的参与度较低，他们往往也会报告较高的可感知可达性，这表明他们是自愿不参与活动的。在当地机会有限的农村地区，参与受限的情况更为突出，尤其是对于那些行动不便的人。在不同的空间环境中，参与度与从无障碍环境中获得的经验收益之间的相关性很弱，这强调了在确定无障碍环境是否足够的规范性辩论中，将感知到的无障碍环境与空间和活动数据一起考虑的重要性。

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Transportation 工程技术-工程：土木

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10.70

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4.70%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

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