Transport, environment and society
By: Michael Cahill
Series: Introducing social policy; Introducing social policy
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Maidenhead, U.K
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780335239276; 9780335218738; 9780335218721
Subjects: Transportation; Social aspects; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; Environmental aspects; Social policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services
Description: "This topical book examines the consequences of our car-based transport system for social policy. Readers are introduced to the complexity of the relationship between transport and society together with the debates about the social inequalities produced by the transport system and the connection between social inequality, social exclusion and transport disadvantage. The social inequalities which result from the ways we travel are related to key areas of social policy." "Throughout the book, the environmental impact of transport is kept to the fore. Reviewing the evidence on the social impact of transport the book discusses the ways in which a sustainable transport policy could emerge and argues that questions of mobility and transport should be integral to social policies which are concerned with environmental and social justice." "The book assumes no previous knowledge of transport or transport policy and outlines the roles and functions of the relevant departments and agencies. Written primarily for social science students, Transport, Environment and Society is also key reading for environmental studies and transport studies students who need to understand the impact of transport on society."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [144]-156) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Connections : transport, environment and social policy; title: Policies, politics, and protests; title: From public to private transportation; title: Life and death; title: Drivers : men, women and transport; title: Non-drivers; title: Childhood; title: Disability; title: Older people; title: Well connected : sustainable transport and social policy.