Urban Mobilities in the Global South

Transport system improvements can have complex and unequal impacts on different sectors of society. Conventional approaches to analysing travel demand and transport system performance developed in the Global North can be ill-equipped to identify and understand the complexities and inequities of cities in the Global South. The book considers the mobilities and immobilities of cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, through an exploration of the theoretical and methodological entry points we use to understand transport planning in cities. It will be of interest to students, scholars and policy makers of geography, urban studies, urban planning, transport studies and development studies.

The book considers urban mobilities and immobilities in the Global South through an exploration of the theoretical and methodological entry points that can be used to further the agenda of transport planning. Transport system improvements can (and do) have complex and unequal impacts on different sectors of society. Conventional approaches to analysing travel demand and transport system performance developed in the ‘Global North’ are typically ill-equipped to identify and understand the complexities and inequities in urban areas of the Global South. Using case studies from urban Africa and Asia, the book addresses the need to understand the ‘lived world’ of mobilities and use this knowledge to address issues that are central to our urban existence in the 21st century.