Self-Organization and Mobility Deprivation of Poor Workers in Hong Kong and Singapore:18 (Quality of Life in Asia, 18)

by: Joseph Cho-Yam Lau (Author)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:1st ed. 2023

Publication Date: 17 Oct. 2023

Language: English

Print Length: 249 pages

ISBN-10: 9819972647

ISBN-13: 9789819972647

Book Description

This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong. It considers the influence of self-organisation:how the mobility of an individual is constituted by structures such as transport systems or socio-economic structural factors, as well as influenced by individual decisions. Where most transport studies focus on the influence of factors such as income inequality, the gender gap, and the built environment, this book fills a gap in paying particular attention to the influence of individual decisions on commuting. Given the prevalence of the former in research, govement decision-makers are often constrained by these approaches and fail to understand the commuting problems of the poor. This book argues that the self-organisation approach provides some ideas that are outside the common conceptual framework in conventional transport planning and looks to improve mobility of lower-income commuters. Relevant to social science researchers working in areas such as urban planning and transport, mobility deprivation, and poverty, this book breaks new ground in quality of life studies in the Singapore and Hong Kong contexts.
From the Back Cover This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore and Hong Kong. It considers the influence of self-organisation:how the mobility of an individual is constituted by structures such as transport systems or socio-economic structural factors, as well as influenced by individual decisions. Where most transport studies focus on the influence of factors such as income inequality, the gender gap, and the built environment, this book fills a gap in paying particular attention to the influence of individual decisions on commuting. Given the prevalence of the former in research, govement decision-makers are often constrained by these approaches and fail to understand the commuting problems of the poor. This book argues that the self-organisation approach provides some ideas that are outside the common conceptual framework in conventional transport planning and looks to improve mobility of lower-income commuters. Relevant to social science researchers working in areas such as urban planning and transport, mobility deprivation, and poverty, this book breaks new ground in quality of life studies in the Singapore and Hong Kong contexts.
About the Author
Joseph Cho Yam Lau is an independent researcher investigating poverty and urban transport planning in Hong Kong. He obtained his M.Phil. degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1997 under the supervision of Professor H. Dimitriou. He completed his doctoral degree at the University of Hong Kong in 2007 supervised by Professor Peter Hills. He has published numerous joual papers mainly in Cities and Habitat Inteational, as well as a book published by Springer in 2020.

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