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Rebuilding women's livelihoods strategies at the city fringe: Agency, spatial practices, and access to transportation from Semmencherry, Chennai

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  • Alberts, Anna
  • Pfeffer, Karin
  • Baud, Isa

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Existing debates suggest that resettlement leads to exclusion of the urban poor from the city, linked to interrupted livelihoods and lack of accessibility to the city. This paper analyses the ways in which public transport mobility plays a role in the livelihood strategies of women living in a resettlement area at the fringe of Chennai, India. The main question addressed is how women exercise agency in embedding spatial practices within their livelihood strategies to reconnect to the city.

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  • Alberts, Anna & Pfeffer, Karin & Baud, Isa, 2016. "Rebuilding women's livelihoods strategies at the city fringe: Agency, spatial practices, and access to transportation from Semmencherry, Chennai," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 55(C), pages 142-151.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:55:y:2016:i:c:p:142-151
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.11.004
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