Factors affecting transport-related social exclusion: territorial classification of Czechia
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12775/bgss-2025-0003Keywords
transport exclusion, social exclusion, mobility, accessibility, transportation geographic potentialAbstract
Manifestations of social disparities take different forms and have various causes. In extreme cases, they lead to social exclusion. On the one hand, transport is an instrument for excluded individuals to participate in society. But on the other, where there is a lack of mobility and accessibility options, transport itself becomes a factor on which social exclusion is based. This study assesses objective and subjective factors regarding transport-related social exclusion. In the case of Czechia, a classification of the lowest territorial units of the state is elaborated in terms of the type of transport exclusion to which their inhabitants are potentially exposed. This example proves that the various characteristics of the settlement system in particular result in the potential for the emergence of different types of transport disadvantages. It is the task of the whole of society to find an adequate tool in response, to ensure transport inclusion.
References
Alexis, P.A. (2020). Transport Measures and Income Inequality: Accessing How Transport Interventions Can Improve Income Equality. London School of Economics and Political Science.
Burchardt, T., Le Grand, J. & Piachaud, D. (1999). Social exclusion in Britain 1991–1995. Social Policy and Administration, 33(3): 227–244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9515.00148.
Carpentieri, G., Guida, C. & Masoumi, E.H. (2019). Measuring Multimodal Accessibility to Urban Services for Elderly. An application at primary health services in the city of Naples. In: Gargiulo, C., Zoppi, C. (Eds.). Planning, Nature and Ecosystem Services. FedOA. Press: Naples, Italy. DOI: 10.6093/978-88-6887-054-6.
Church, A., Frost, M. & Sullivan, K. (2000). Transport and social exclusion in London. Journal of Transport Policy, 7(3): 195–205. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X(00)00024-X.
El-Geneidy, A. & Levinson, M. (2006). Access to Destinations: Development of Accessibility Measures. Access to destinations study series, Report No. 1. Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Engels, B. & Liu, G. (2011). Social exclusion, location and transport disadvantage amongst non-driving seniors in a Melbourne municipality, Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 19: 984–996. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.03.007.
Giddens, A. (1998). Důsledky modernity (The consequences of modernity – in Czech). Praha: SLON.
Hampl, M., Gardavský, V. & Kühnl, K. (1987). Regionální struktura a vývoj systému osídlení ČSR (Regional Structure and Development of the Czechoslovak Settlement System – in Czech). Praha, Univerzita Karlova.
Hampl, M. & Marada, M. (2015). Sociogeografická regionalizace Česka (Socio-geographic regionalization of czechia – in Czech). Geografie, 120(3): 397–421. DOI: 10.37040/geografie2015120030397.
Hine, J. (2008). Transport and social justice. In: R. D. Knowles, J. Shaw, I. Docherty (eds.), Transport Geographies Mobilities, Flows and Spaces. Oxford: John-Wiley/Blackwells.
Hine, J. & Mitchell, F. (2003). Transport disadvanatge and social exclusion: Exclusionary mechanisms in transport. Transport and Society Series. Aldershot – UK: Ashgate Publishing Limited. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S004727940434794X.
Jaroš, V. (2017). Social and transport exclusion. Geographia Polonica, 90(3): 247-263. DOI: 10.7163/GPol.0099.
Jiao, J. (2017). Identifying transit deserts in major Texas cities where the supplies missed the demands. The Journam of Transport and land use, 10(1): 529-540. DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.2017.899.
Jiao, J. & Dillivan, M. (2013). Transit Deserts: The Gap Between Demand and Supply. Journal Of Public Transportation, 16(2): 23-39. DOI: 10.5038/2375-0901.16.3.2.
Kraft, S. (2012). A transport classification of settlement centres in the Czech Republic using cluster analysis. Moravian Geographical Reports, 20(3): 38-49.
Kenyon, S., Lyons, G. & Rafferty, J. (2002). Transport and Social Exclusion: Investigating the Possibility of promoting Inclusion through Virtual Mobility. Journal of Transport Geography, 10: 207–209. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0966-6923(02)00012-1.
Korčák, J. (1966): Vymezení oblastí maximálního zalidnění. Acta Universitatis Carolinae, 1(2): 65–72.
Levitas, R., Pantazis, C., Fahmy, E., Gordon, D., Lloyd, E. & Patsios, D. (2007). The multidimensional analysis of social exclusion. Department of Sociology and School for Social Policy, Townsend Centre for the International Study of Poverty & Bristol Institute for Public Affairs, Bristol: University of Bristol.
Luz, G. & Portugal, L. (2021). Understanding transport-related social exclusion through the lens of capabilities approach. Transport Reviews, 42(4): 503–525. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.2005183.
Lucas, K. (2012). Transport and social exclusion: Where we are now. Transport Policy, 20: 105–113. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.01.013.
Lucas, K., Bates, J., Moore, J. & Carrasco, J.A. (2016). Modelling the relationship between travel behaviours and social disadvantage. Transportation Research part A: Policy and Practice, 85(5): 157–173. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2016.01.008.
Marada, M. (2006). Vertikální a horizontální dopravní poloha středisek osídlení Česka (Vertical and horizontal transport position of the centres of population of the Czech Republic – in Czech). In: S. Kraft, K. Mičková, J. Rypl, P. Švec, M. Vančura (eds.). Česká geografie v evropském prostoru - sborník příspěvků z XXI. sjezdu České geografické společnosti (Czech Geography in the European Space - Proceedings of the XXI Congress of the Czech Geographical Society – in Czech). České Budějovice: Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích.
Marada, M., Fráně, L., Janoš, V., Jaroš, V., Kraft, S., Kříž, M. & Kowalski, M. (2016). Rychlá spojení metropolitních oblastí: Dopady (nové) dostupnosti na pracovní trh Fast connections in metropolitan areas: the impact of (new) accessibility on the labour market – in Czech). Project TAČR TB0500MD005: Fast connections among metropolitan areas: impact of (new) accessibility on labour market.
Mareš, P. (2006). Sociální exkluze, sociální inkluze a sociální koheze: diskurs a realita (Social exclusion, social inclusion and social cohesion: discourse and reality – in Czech). In: Sirovátka T. (ed.) Sociální vyloučení a sociální politika (Social exclusion and social policy – in Czech). Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
Mackett, R. & Thoreau, R. (2015). Transport, social exclusion and health. Journal of Transport and Health, 2(4): 610-617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2015.07.006.
Nutley, S. (1998). Rural areas: the accessibility problem. In: B. Hoyle, R. D. Knowles (eds.), Modern transport geography. 2nd ed., Michigan: John Wiley & Sons.
Pirani, E. (2013). Poverty and social exclusion in Europe: differences and similarities across regions in recent years. Scientific Meeting SIS, 19-21 June 2013, 5.
Porter, G. & Turner, J. (2019). Meeting Young People’s Mobility and Transport Needs: Review and Prospect. Sustainability, 11(22): 1-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11226193.
Preston, J. & Rajé, F. (2007). Accessibility, mobility and transport-related social exclusion. Journal of Transport Geography, 15(3): 151-160. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2006.05.002.
Ringen, S. (1988). Direct and Indirect Measures of Poverty. Journal of Social Policy, 17(3): 351-365.
Rochovská, A., Drgoncová, M., Džupinová, E., Horňák, M., Káčerová,M., Madzinová, M., Majo, J. & Ondoš, S. (2016). One place – many worlds: geographical variability in life strategies in Slovak society. Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Vydavateľstvo UK.
Rosik, T., Komornicki, T., Stępniak, M., Śleszyński, P., Goliszek, S., Pomianowski, W. & Kowalczyk, K. (2017). Evaluation of accessibility changes in Poland using the MAI indicator. Geographia Polonica, 90(3): 361-368.
Růžička, M. & Toušek, L. (2014). Sociální exkluze: její prostorové formy a měnící se podoby (Social exclusion: its spatial forms and changing shapes – in Czech). In: Šubrt J., et al., Soudobá sociologie VI (Contemporary Sociology VI – in Czech). Praha: Karolinum, 117-141.
Sheller, M. & Urry, J. (2006). The new mobilities paradigm. Environment and Planning, 38: 207–226. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/a3728.
Shergold, I. & Parkhurst, G. (2012). Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales. Journal of Rural Studies, 28: 412-421. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.010.
Schwanen, T., Lucas, K., Akyelken, N., Solsona, D.C., Carrasco, J. & Neutens, T. (2015). Rethinking the links between social exclusion and transport disadvantagethrough the lens of social capital. Transportation Research Part A; Policy and Planning,74, 123-135. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2015.02.012.
Stanley, J.K., Hensher, D.A., Stanley, J.R. & Vella-Brodrick, D. (2011). Mobility, social exclusion and well-being: Exploring the links. Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 45(8): 789-801. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2011.06.007.
Stanley, J.K. & Stanley, J.R. (2019). Social exclusion: The roles of mobility and bridging social capital in regional Australia. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 125: 223–233. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.05.015.
Townsend, P. (1979). Poverty in the United Kingdom. A Survey of Household resources and Standards of Living. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Wiśniewski, R., Stępniak, M. & Szejgiec-Kolenda, B. (2021). Accessibility of public services in the age of ageing and shrinking population: Are regions following trends. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 103(1): 55-74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/04353684.2021.1903334.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Václav Jaroš, Miroslav Marada
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Title, logo and layout of journal Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series are reserved trademarks of Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series.Stats
Number of views and downloads: 134
Number of citations: 0
