dc.contributor.author | Rau, Henrike | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-14T15:00:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-10-14T15:00:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rau, H., & Hennessey, C. (2009). The road to sustainable transport? Rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland In J. McDonagh, T. Varley & S. Shortall (Eds.), A living countryside? The politics of sustainable development in rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate. | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780754646693 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10379/3732 | |
dc.description | Book chapter | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Today many rural dwellers in the Republic of Ireland depend on the private car to access services, employment, education, healthcare and recreation and thus shoulder a disproportionate share of the burden of insufficient public transport. But car dependency does not only affect rural Ireland: those who live in Irish cities, towns and their sub-urbanised hinterlands also experience accessibility problems and reduced 'walkability' resulting from sprawl and a lack of transport alternatives. Recent census figures illustrate the geographical and demographic expansion of urban centres such as Dublin, Cork and Galway which are now extending well into their (semi-) rural hinterlands where public transport is often unavailable. Car dependency thus represents a key challenge for national transport policy in general, and rural public transport provision in particular. | en_US |
dc.format | application/pdf | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ashgate | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | in J. McDonagh, A. Varley and S. Shortall (eds) A Living Countryside? The Politics of Sustainable Development in Rural Ireland. Aldershot: Ashgate | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Perspectives on Rural Policy and Planning; | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ | |
dc.subject | Transport policy | en_US |
dc.subject | Rural Ireland | en_US |
dc.subject | Sustainable transport | en_US |
dc.title | The road to sustainable transport? Rural transport programmes and policies in Ireland | en_US |
dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2013-06-29T09:49:54Z | |
dc.local.publishedsource | http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754646693 | en_US |
dc.description.peer-reviewed | Not peer reviewed | |
dc.contributor.funder | |~| | |
dc.internal.rssid | 1137958 | |
dc.local.contact | Henrike Rau, School Of Political Science, & Sociology, Room 323, Áras Moyola, Nui Galway. 5104 Email: henrike.rau@nuigalway.ie | |
dc.local.copyrightchecked | No | |
dc.local.version | PUBLISHED | |
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