Kenyon, S.L. and Lyons, G. and Raffety, J. (2002) Transport and social exclusion: investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility. Journal of Transport Geography, 10 (3). pp. 207-219. ISSN 0966-6923.
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Abstract
This paper introduces a mobility dimension to social exclusion, suggesting a strong correlation between a lack of access to adequate mobility and lack of access to opportunities, social networks, goods and services. This correlation exists as both a cause and consequence of social exclusion. The authors question the likelihood that increased physical mobility, by car or public transport, can, by itself, provide a fully viable or sustainable solution to mobility-related aspects of social exclusion. This paper cautiously suggests that the use of information and communications technologies could enable a new, virtual mobility, enabling an Internet-based increase in accessibility as an alternative to an increase in physical mobility. Finally, consideration is given to the possibility of a virtual mobility-related dimension of exclusion and to the possible social implications of inclusion of virtual mobility in an integrated transport strategy.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Accessibility; Virtual mobility; Social exclusion; Information and communications technologies (ICTs); Internet |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Depositing User: | Paula Loader |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2008 00:45 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2011 23:50 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/8070 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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