Massingue, SA;
Oviedo, D;
(2021)
Walkability and the Right to the city: A snapshot critique of pedestrian space in Maputo, Mozambique.
Research in Transportation Economics
, 86
, Article 101049. 10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101049.
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Abstract
On the premise of transport inequality, urban mobility and the production of pedestrian space, this research explores pedestrians (im)mobility in Maputo, Mozambique's capital city, as a means of unravelling deeper-rooted issues of societal inequality. Borrowing from the Right to the City (RTTC), walking is repositioned as a potential ‘equalising mode’, reflecting on the social, physical and individual drivers of inequalities for walking in the city. Such analysis responds to existing gaps in a literature about walking that has little to offer about its links with social and economic inequalities in the global South. The paper builds on 22 semi-structured interviews and a journey audit exercise to discover that whilst the unfavourable pedestrian infrastructure makes walking difficult, the social stigmas of this space have a greater impact on people's perceptions of walkability. As such, low-income identities are more likely to walk, frequently in parts of the city where walking infrastructure is minimal (if at all), and may therefore find it more difficult to exercise their RTTC than their high-income counterparts. To challenge the status quo, this study concludes that more ‘hubs’ of opportunity must be created to make walking more equitable in addition to improving the most urgent infrastructural shortages.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Walkability and the Right to the city: A snapshot critique of pedestrian space in Maputo, Mozambique |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101049 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2021.101049 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | RTTC; Walking; Walkability; Access; Pedestrian space; Social perceptions; Inequality |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127465 |
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