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Accessibility and Exclusion Related to Well Being

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Contemporary research linking transport, social exclusion and well-being has developed through a number of leading studies over the last decade. In this chapter we explore these links using a review of the research literature. The chapter includes a discussion about the difference between mobility (actual travel) and accessibility (the quality of opportunities to engage in activities) and how this distinction is conceptualised in the literature on transport and well-being. The chapter will also bring together factors influencing access, social exclusion and well-being into a conceptual framework. It also introduces the question of ‘how much transport is enough’ to support social inclusion and well-being. A major aim of the work is to reflect on where research has taken us and to identify where future research needs to focus. The chapter identifies a number of gaps in existing research, including: only one project looked at the interrelationships between transport, social exclusion and well-being; very few studies explore the relationship between accessibility and well-being; very few studies explore the relationship between transport and eudemonic well-being. To date, many hypothesised links between transport, accessibility, mobility, subjective well-being and social exclusion remain unexplored, providing fertile ground for future research.

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    Note that this table excludes papers that measure travel satisfaction (see Chap. 2) or how mode choice influences well-being (see Chap. 5).

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Delbosc, A., Currie, G. (2018). Accessibility and Exclusion Related to Well Being. In: Friman, M., Ettema, D., Olsson, L.E. (eds) Quality of Life and Daily Travel. Applying Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76623-2_4

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