Everyday perceived accessibility in unwalkable cities in Sub-Saharan Africa

IF 6.3 1区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-05-02 DOI:10.1016/j.tra.2025.104472

Daniel Oviedo, Maria José Nieto-Combariza, Alexandria Z.W. Chong

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Abstract

Walking is the primary mode of access to livelihood opportunities and resources in cities across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Despite growing research and policy attention to retaining and promoting walking as a viable mechanism for access, the development of walking infrastructure and contextually relevant understandings of the links between accessibility, walking, and social inequalities continue to lag in SSA. This study explores the everyday walking practices, experiences, attitudes, and preferences of urban residents in Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique, focusing on their levels of perceived accessibility. Qualitative and quantitative evidence from three neighbourhoods across the two cities informs an assessment of the main drivers and factors influencing walking as a mode of access. We deploy multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) to determine the role of emotive responses, perceived risk and comfort, and the purpose of walking on the choice of walking as a mode of access. Findings are relevant to understanding the factors influencing walking and its perceived benefits and can inform initiatives for improving walking conditions in apparently unwalkable cities in SSA.

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撒哈拉以南非洲不适合步行的城市的日常可达性

步行是撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）城市获得生计机会和资源的主要方式。尽管越来越多的研究和政策关注保留和促进步行作为一种可行的获取机制，但步行基础设施的发展以及对可达性、步行和社会不平等之间联系的相关理解在SSA中仍然滞后。本研究探讨了加纳阿克拉和莫桑比克马普托城市居民的日常步行实践、经历、态度和偏好，重点关注他们感知的可达性水平。来自两个城市三个社区的定性和定量证据为评估影响步行作为一种通行方式的主要驱动因素和因素提供了依据。我们采用多重对应分析（MCA）来确定情绪反应、感知风险和舒适度以及步行的目的在选择步行作为一种访问模式中的作用。研究结果与了解影响步行的因素及其感知益处有关，并可以为改善SSA明显不适合步行的城市的步行条件提供信息。

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Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 工程技术-运输科技

CiteScore

13.20

自引率

7.80%

发文量

257

审稿时长

9.8 months

期刊介绍： Transportation Research: Part A contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems. Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, etc. Case studies, survey and expository papers are included, as are articles which contribute to unification of the field, or to an understanding of the comparative aspects of different systems. Papers which assess the scope for technological innovation within a social or political framework are also published. The journal is international, and places equal emphasis on the problems of industrialized and non-industrialized regions. Part A''s aims and scope are complementary to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies and Part D: Transport and Environment. Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. The complete set forms the most cohesive and comprehensive reference of current research in transportation science.