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Strategic Assessment of Lisbon’s Accessibility and Mobility Problems from an Equity Perspective

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  • Camila Soares Henrique Fontenele Garcia

    (CERIS, IST, Universidade de Lisboa)

  • Rosário Macário

    (CERIS, IST, Universidade de Lisboa)

  • Ezequiel Dantas de Araújo Girão Menezes

    (DET, Universidade Federal do Ceará)

  • Carlos Felipe Grangeiro Loureiro

    (DET, Universidade Federal do Ceará)

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Accessibility planning with reference to sustainability and equity principles has been advocated as the best approach to deal with the urban mobility complexity. It has enabled the development of more sustainable and fair policies in relation to access provision. However, despite this paradigm shift, many planning initiatives in practice are still focused on assessing alternatives and proposing solutions, instead of centering on the understanding and assessment of problems as the primary activity of planning. Therefore, in order to contribute for the problem-oriented paradigm in the accessibility planning, this work proposes a strategic assessment methodology for unequal and inequitable distribution problems of accessibility and mobility. This methodology relies on spatial analysis techniques and allows the characterization of accessibility and mobility conditions, as well as the diagnosis of accessibility and mobility problems and their causal relationships. It was applied for the case of Lisbon and the results of the performed assessment allowed an intelligent reading of the problems considered. Specifically, it was found that Lisbon presents an unequal and inequitable distribution of job accessibility and mobility by private car and public transport, and also that job accessibility, along with other transportation, land-use and socioeconomic variables, impact the mobility levels of its citizens.

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  • Camila Soares Henrique Fontenele Garcia & Rosário Macário & Ezequiel Dantas de Araújo Girão Menezes & Carlos Felipe Grangeiro Loureiro, 2018. "Strategic Assessment of Lisbon’s Accessibility and Mobility Problems from an Equity Perspective," Networks and Spatial Economics, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 415-439, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:netspa:v:18:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s11067-018-9391-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s11067-018-9391-4
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