Alternative (Im)Mobilities

This collection explores alternative (im)mobilities and the Covid-19 pandemic, transport and social practices, and media and urban tourism, highlighting inequality and the lack of recognition of diversity in urban life. It opens up new research questions about how informal actors cope with their everyday life experiences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This collection, by introducing the concept of alternative (im)mobilities, highlights a distinct approach to mobility practices. Through its comprehensive exploration, this groundbreaking volume delves into a wide array of topics related to (im)mobilities and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on transport, social practices, media, and urban tourism.

Alternative (im)mobilities, whether designed legally or illegally, represent everyday practices of displacement involving people, objects, and information. These practices mobilize a multidisciplinary framework of urbanization, shedding light on critical issues of inequality and the lack of recognition of diversity in economics, social, and cultural urban life. This volume presents a new set of research questions related to the complex ways in which informal actors navigate their daily lives, encompassing dwelling, commuting, working, caring for vulnerable individuals, health concerns, access to information, and various mobility practices, amidst the absence of essential and infrastructural public services.

This volume holds significant appeal to researchers and scholars in geography and the social sciences, with a keen interest in mobilities, transport, communication, tourism, mobility justice, inequality, public decision-making, and health studies. Its insights and perspectives will contribute to advancing our understanding of the evolving dynamics of mobility and its profound implications for society.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032124315