Beskrivelse
This research examines everyday travel among urbanites in Accra’s periphery and unpacks how their travel choices and preferences are constrained in a wider context of unregulated residential sprawl, infrastructural deficits, severe congestion and changing socio-economic conditions. We present evidence from a mobility survey (n=2107) targeting economically active adults residing in Accra’s peripheral neighborhoods and qualitative interviews (n=48) exploring their travel choices and preferences and lived experiences of working and travelling in Accra. We propose the concept of “high mobility lifestyles” to characterize travel behavior among residents in peripheral neighborhoods, distinguished by a high share of adults travelling regularly outside their neighborhoods, over relatively long distances (10+ km) and mainly using motorized transport. The research illuminates how infrastructural deficits, long distances travelled, severe congestion and rising transport costs combine to make high mobility lifestyles exceedingly strenuous, costly, and time-consuming. Ultimately, in-depth insights on travel behavior, embedded in contextual conditions, can provide insights on how travel choices may be changed and how transport systems can be made more sustainable and inclusive.| Periode | 27 jun. 2024 |
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| Begivenhedstitel | Transitioning Geographies: 10th Nordic Geographers Meeting |
| Begivenhedstype | Konference |
| Placering | Copenhagen, DanmarkVis på kort |
| Grad af anerkendelse | International |