Publicación: SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY: STRATEGIC ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS
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2021
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SUSTANAIBLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
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IN RECENT DECADES, SUSTAINABILITY HAS BECOME ONE OF THE GUIDING OBJECTIVES TO INSPIRE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN URBAN MOBILITY. DEVELOPMENTS ARE CRITICAL TO SERVE A RAPIDLY GROWING WORLD POPULATION, ESTIMATED TO REACH 9.7 BILLION PEOPLE BY 2050 (UNITED NATIONS, 2019). THIS SIGNIFIES HIGH DEMANDS FOR URBAN MOBILITY AS CITIES ARE HOME TO 54% OF THE POPULATION (UNITED NATIONS, 2018). FURTHERMORE, 64% OF TOTAL TRIPS ARE MADE IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS AND NUMBER OF TOTAL URBAN KILOMETERS TRAVELED IS EXPECTED TO TRIPLE BY 2050 (VAN AUDENHOVE ET AL., 2013). IN THIS CONTEXT, URBAN MOBILITY CAN BE DEFINED AS THE CAPACITY TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF CITY INHABITANTS BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SATISFYING MOBILITY NEEDS IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY NOT ONLY CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, BUT ALSO INCORPORATES ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIMENSIONS (DEMPSEY ET AL., 2011). THUS, THE MAIN CHALLENGE POINTS TO THE INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AND URBAN PLANNING IN ALL ITS DIMENSIONS. ACCESSIBLE, SAFE TRANSPORT OPTIONS, ALONG WITH WALKABLE AND CYCLABLE ENVIRONMENTS CONSTITUTE KEY ASPECTS FOR QUALITY OF LIFE (CERVERO, 2013).
