Gazarin, Nour Amr Adel;
(2024)
Exploring The Relationship Between Transport Accessibility and Women’s Empowerment in Informal Settlements in Cairo.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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This thesis explores the relationship between transport accessibility and women’s empowerment through consideration of how travel patterns both influence/are influenced by the social and spatial manifestations of the workings of power, accounting for the social identity of users, their social relations in the household and wider exclusionary social and urban structures. The research uses a qualitative case study methodology, focusing on two informal settlements in Cairo. Contextualised in the daily gendered lived realities of informal settlement residents, the link between transport accessibility and empowerment allowed for a consideration of the power dynamics behind travel decision making, and consideration of the wider implications and dynamics of power resulting from the act of travel and transport use - or lack of it. Challenging the normative assumptions underlying urban travel and the power structures governing urban transport planning, the findings demonstrate how the relationships between transport and empowerment can both influence and be influenced by the gendered construction and organisation of individuals, households, urban space and wider society. They highlight the structural constraints behind observed travel patterns and the gendered constructions which inform social control over women’s mobility, their embodied experiences of travel, the utility of transport systems, access to urban opportunities and their wider engagement and appropriation of the city. The findings on women and men’s usage and experiences of informal transport modes in Cairo fill a knowledge gap about informal transport in Cairo, shedding light on both their significant contribution to meeting women’s travel needs and on the extent of women’s vulnerability when using informal transport due its lack of oversight and accountability. The research also highlights the extent to which transport cost, safety and distance of travel contribute to gendered trade-offs, household negotiations and restrictions over women’s use of time, resources, and access to public space in intra-household decision making.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Exploring The Relationship Between Transport Accessibility and Women’s Empowerment in Informal Settlements in Cairo |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2024. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| 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/10185623 |
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