Environmental injustice and mobility impairment

Autores/as

  • Michael Cahill Applied Social Science
. University of 
Brighton (UK)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/tsg-gsw.v3i4.948

Palabras clave:

Movilidad, inmovilidad, deficiencia de movilidad, la actividad

Resumen

The study of mobility is a growth area in the social sciences. The car system (automobility) has hadas one of its consequences reduced opportunities for mobility impaired people to walk in their localenvironment. Immobility has resulted for many people with disabilities. Despite the promotion ofphysical activity by public health guidance local environments are often hazardous for mobilityimpaired people. In particular, there is a problem with cars parking on pavements and pavementcycling.

 

 

Descargas

Biografía del autor/a

Michael Cahill, Applied Social Science
. University of 
Brighton (UK)

Michael Cahill has taught at University of Brighton since 1984, having previously worked at the Universities of Ulster and York. His academic interests focus on relating social policy to everyday life in consumer society – a theme he first explored in The New Social Policy (Blackwell, 1994) and making the connections between social policy and environmental and green debates.

He has written a student text book on this topic – The Environment and Social Policy (Routledge, 2002) and edited two books both with Tony Fitzpatrick of the University of Nottingham: Environmental Issues and Social Welfare (Blackwell, 2002) and Environment and Welfare: towards a green social policy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002) His last book was Transport, Environment and Society (Open University Press, 2010).

Descargas

Publicado

2013-06-30

Cómo citar

Cahill, M. (2013). Environmental injustice and mobility impairment. Trabajo Social Global-Global Social Work, 3(4), 55–74. https://doi.org/10.30827/tsg-gsw.v3i4.948

Número

Sección

Artículos
Bookmark and Share