EP-2022-WK-02Project leader: Tess Osborne Human Geography, Dept of Geography, Geology and the Environment, U. of Leicester, Leicester, UK Partners Dr Danielle Drozdzewski, Assoc. Prof. in Human Geography, Dept of Human Geography, Stockholm University Abstract In ‘an age of migration’, feeling like one belongs has become paramount amid a highly mobile and globalised society – how
Centre for Transport Studies, Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment, University of Cape Town, South Africa. EP-2022-MAC-07, Prof. Zuidgeest, Mark Abstract Current methods of transport planning, in particular travel demand models, are inherently dependent on accurate representations of the land-use – transport system. Their established methods have been developing since the 1950s, exclusively in
Kenyatta University, School of Education, Nairobi, Kenya. EP-2022-MAC-06, Dr. Wawire, Violet K. Abstract Due to urban population growth, poor city planning and poverty, urban poor women in major African cities have been marginalized from formal transport systems comprising private cars and taxis. Yet, they are still required to perform multiple reproductive and productive roles on
Dept of Geography Education, Faculty of Social Sciences Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. EP-2022-MAC-05, PhD Sam, Enoch F. Abstract Nearly 80% of the world’s 1 billion persons with disabilities (PWDs) are in developing countries. Most PWDs are socially excluded and do not receive the necessary disability-related services because of how these societies are structured.
Centre for Transport Development, University of Pretoria, South Africa. EP-2022-MAC-04, Prof. Venter, Christo Abstract This project proposes to use information on public transport as a lens through which to explore participatory approaches to designing transport systems that work for people. It builds on an existing MAC project that is laying the theoretical and empirical foundations
Dept of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, University of Ibadan, Nigeria EP-2022-MAC-03, Dr. Adewumi, Adedotun Joshua Abstract Children with disabilities (CWDs) can be found in all human civilizations. Globally, no fewer than 240 million children, or 1 in 10, live with a disability. In low-and medium-income countries (LMICs), an estimate
MAC-2022-EP-02, Project ledare: Gift DumedahRegional Transport Research and Education Centre Kumasi (TRECK), KNUST, Ghana Abstract Adequate access to paratransit is a welfare and livelihood issue in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a challenge which is especially heightened in informal urban communities. Most SSA cities could collapse without paratransit services, evidenced by severe impacts on cities whenever transport
MAC-2022-EP-01Project Leader: Gladys NyachieoFaculty of Social Sciences and Technology, Multi Media University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya. Abstract The objective of the proposed study titled “A comparative study of Governance Processes in Sustainable urban mobility in Kisii (Kenya) and Mzuzu (Malawi) is to interrogate the role played by governance actors and dynamics in transport planning for
VREF launched two international Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in 2013: MetroFreight and Sustainable Urban Freight Systems (SUFS). Both CoEs work with a number of global partners to further their research and professional networks. An additional research and communication platform, the Gothenburg Urban Freight Platform (UFP) was established in 2014. Under the VREF Theme Urban Freight
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa EP-2019-MAC-01, Njogu Morgan, PhD, Post doctoral Fellow Abstract: Urban transport on the African continent is at a crossroads. One fork points towards the possibility of protecting and growing existing equitable and sustainable practices, such as walking and cycling. The other, as evidenced by some investments in motor-oriented
