Logo UAB
2022/2023

Mobility, Transport and Region. Planning and Management

Code: 44467 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4317118 Global East Asian Studies OT 0 1
4317520 Territorial Studies and Planning OT 0 1

Contact

Name:
Oriol Marquet Sardà
Email:
oriol.marquet@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
catalan (cat)

Other comments on languages

Given the internationalization of the master's degree, the language of communication in the classroom will be Catalan and/or Spanish depending on the majority language of the students

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites

Objectives and Contextualisation

This subject aims to study mobility and transport within the framework of the new paradigm of sustainability. More specifically, the following specific objectives are raised.

- Know the basic concepts of mobility

- Understand the complex relationship between mobility and territory

- Know the limits and impacts associated with the current mobility model

- Understand and be able to predict the positive and negative externalities of future developments in terms of mobility and transport

- Know the main methodologies of study of mobility

- Know the necessary instruments and their methodologies for the management of mobility

Competences

    Global East Asian Studies
  • Apply advanced theoretical concepts and analytical techniques to study interactions between population dynamics, political and economic change and environmental change.
  • Apply research methodology, techniques and specific resources to research and produce innovative results in a particular area of specialisation.
  • Critically analyse the socioeconomic and environmental impact of human displacement on different scales, especially in the case of global tourism, addressing the complexity of its management in specific situations.
  • Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
  • Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
    Territorial Studies and Planning
  • Analyse and interpret environmental issues, applying your knowledge of environmental and ecological economics
  • Promote planning strategies based on innovation and with a gender perspective.
  • Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  • Use geographical information technologies in map projection and representation for the design of useful scenarios in land-use planning and management and in urban planning
  • Work in an international multidisciplinary context that promotes the values of social and gender equality

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse recent conceptual changes and the paradigm shift in planning and management of day-to-day travel.
  2. Apply research methodology, techniques and specific resources to research and produce innovative results in a particular area of specialisation.
  3. Decide on management models that area adequate for mobility.
  4. Decide on suitable management models for mobility.
  5. Establish urban mobility proposals based on environmental premises.
  6. Generate models and scenes for different problems related to mobility using the environmental cartography generated.
  7. Identify models of environmentally sustainable mobility for different social situations.
  8. Identify the impact of mobility on different levels: environment, society and city.
  9. Identify the impact of mobility on different levels: environment, society and town.
  10. Knowledge and understanding that provide a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and / or applying ideas, often in a research context.
  11. Look in more depth into the variable of gender in mobility.
  12. Promote the application and advance of principles of ecological, social, and economic sustainability from a gender perspective.
  13. Recognise mobility-planning forms from a gender perspective
  14. Recognise the interaction between demographic dynamics and population structures and demand for mobility.
  15. Recognise the interaction between the demographic dynamics and the structure of the population with the demands for mobility in urban planning.
  16. Recognise the usefulness of cartography and GIS for managing mobility in the area of regional and urban planning.
  17. Search for new models of socially equitable mobility.
  18. Students can communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these to specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  19. That students are able to integrate knowledge and handle complexity and formulate judgments based on information that was incomplete or limited, include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
  20. That the students can apply their knowledge and their ability to solve problems in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study.
  21. Use specific information sources on mobility.
  22. Use specific quantitative and qualitative techniques for the analysis and management of mobility.

Content

1. Introduction to mobility

1.1 What is mobility?

1.2 The evolution of mobility: farther, faster, more distance

2. The modes of transport

2.1 The modes of transport the instruments that move us

2.2 Access to modes of transport

2.3 Transport for everyone

3. The main determinants of the forms of mobility and transport

3.1 Mobility and urban form

3.2 Mobility and socio-economic factors

3.3 Habits, ideology and beliefs behind the use of modes of transport

4. The costs of mobility

4.1 Environmental costs

4.2 Social costs

4.3 Health costs

4.4 Economic costs

5. Future scenarios: challenges and solutions in the context of the Smart City

5.1 Defining the objectives of the future mobility model

5.2 Clean technologies

5.3 Automation

5.4 Vehicles of personal mobility

5.5 Utopias

6. The sources to study mobility

6.1. Quantitative sources in the study of the supply

6.2. Quantitative sources in the study of demand

6.3. Qualitative sources in the study of mobility

Methodology

The subject will be structured based on directed and autonomous activities, where students will learn interactively with the contents of the program, with the help and support of the teacher.

The subject includes classes led by the teacher, exhibitions and discussions of students, with the collaboration of external experts from different fields.

All the activities in class will have a bibliographic support that the students will have at the beginning of the course. Activities that cannot be done in person will be adapted to the possibilities offered by the UAB's virtual tools. The exercises, projects and theoretical classes will be carried out through virtual tools, such as tutorials, videos, team sessions, etc. The teacher will ensure that the student can access it or offer alternative means, which are available to them.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Theoretical classes 10 0.4
Type: Supervised      
Class exhibitions 10 0.4
Preparation of a job 36 1.44
Type: Autonomous      
Readings of articles or books of the subject 26 1.04

Assessment

The evaluation will be done on the following basis:

  • Classroom presentations by students: 15%
  • Exam: 70%
  • Class participation (attendance is mandatory): 15%

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Assistance and participation in guided activities 20% 15 0.6 9, 8, 7, 15, 14, 16, 13
Classroom exhibitions 30% 15 0.6 2, 11, 17, 5, 21
Classroom participation 10% 8 0.32 1, 19, 20, 18
Written assessment test 40% 30 1.2 4, 3, 22, 6, 12, 10

Bibliography

  • Apparicio, P., Gelb, J., Jarry, V., & Mann, É. L. (2021). Cycling in one of the most polluted cities in the world : Exposure to noise and air pollution and potential adverse health impacts in Delhi. International Journal of Health Geographics, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-021-00272-2

    Banister, D. (2008). The sustainable mobility paradigm. Transport Policy, 15(2), 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2007.10.005

    Banister, D. (2011). The trilogy of distance, speed and time. Journal of Transport Geography, 19(4), 950–959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.12.004

    Brand, C., Anable, J., & Morton, C. (2019). Lifestyle, efficiency and limits: modelling transport energy and emissions using a socio-technical approach. Energy Efficiency, 12(1), 187–207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12053-018-9678-9

    Brand, C., Anable, J., Ketsopoulou, I., & Watson, J. (2020). Road to zero or road to nowhere? Disrupting transport and energy in a zero carbon world. Energy Policy, 139(February), 111334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111334

    Choi, K., Park, H. J., & Dewald, J. (2021). The impact of mixes of transportation options on residential property values: Synergistic effects of walkability. Cities, 111(January), 103080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.103080
    Ivanova, D., & Wood, R. (2020). The unequal distribution of household carbon footprints in Europe and its link to sustainability. Global Sustainability, 3. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.12

    De Witte, A., Hollevoet, J., Dobruszkes, F., Hubert, M., & Macharis, C. (2013). Linking modal choice to motility: A comprehensive review. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 49, 329–341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.009

    Ellegård, K., & Vilhelmson, B. (2004). Home as a Pocket of Local Order: Everyday Activities and The Friction of Distance. Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 86(4), 281–296. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0435-3684.2004.00168.x

    Glazener, A., Sanchez, K., Ramani, T., Zietsman, J., Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J., Mindell, J. S., Fox, M., & Khreis, H. (2021). Fourteen pathways between urban transportation and health: A conceptual model and literature review. Journal of Transport and Health, 21(June 2020), 101070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2021.101070

    Harrison, R. M., Allan, J., Carruthers, D., Heal, M. R., Lewis, A. C., Marner, B., Murrells, T., & Williams, A. (2021). Non-exhaust vehicle emissions of particulate matter and VOC from road traffic : A review. Atmospheric Environment, 262(July), 118592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118592

    Haugen, K., Holm, E., Strömgren, M., Vilhelmson, B., & Westin, K. (2012). Proximity, accessibility and choice: A matter of taste or condition? Papers in Regional Science, 91(1), 65–84. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1435-5957.2011.00374.x

    Hosford, K., Firth, C., Brauer, M., & Winters, M. (2021). The effects of road pricing on transportation and health equity: a scoping review. Transport Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1898488

    Jabareen, Y. (2006). Sustainable Urban Forms: Their Typologies, Models, and Concepts. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 26(1), 38–52. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X05285119

    James, P., Weissman, J., Wolf, J., Mumford, K., Contant, C. K., Hwang, W., Taylor, L., & Glanz, K. (2016). Comparing GPS, Log, Survey, and Accelerometry to Measure Physical Activity. American Journal of Health Behavior, 40(1), 123–131. https://doi.org/10.5993/AJHB.40.1.14

    Lamb, W. F., Mattioli, G., Levi, S., Timmons Roberts, J., Capstick, S., Creutzig, F., Minx, J. C., Müller-Hansen, F., Culhane, T., & Steinberger, J. K. (2020). Discourses of climate delay. Global Sustainability, 3, 6–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2020.13

    Lamb, W. F., Res, E., Lamb, W. F., Wiedmann, T., Pongratz, J., Andrew, R., Crippa, M., Olivier, J. G. J., Wiedenhofer, D., Mattioli, G., Khourdajie, A. Al, House, J., Pachauri, S., Figueroa, M., Saheb, Y., Slade, R., & Hubacek, K. (2021). A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018. Environmental Research, 16, 073005

    Loo, B., & Chow, S. (2006). Sustainable Urban Transportation: Concepts, Policies, and Methodologies. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 132(2), 76–79. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2006)132:2(76)

    Marquet, O. (2020). Spatial distribution of ride-hailing trip demand and its association with walkability and neighborhood characteristics. Cities, 106(August), 102926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102926

    Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2014). Walking short distances. The socioeconomic drivers for the use of proximity in everyday mobility in Barcelona. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 70, 210–222. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2014.10.007

    Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2015). The Walkable city and the importance of the proximity environments for Barcelona’s everyday mobility. Cities, 42, 258–266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2014.10.012

    Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2016). City of Motorcycles. On how objective and subjective factors are behind the rise of two-wheeled mobility in Barcelona. Transport Policy, 52, 37–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.07.002

    Marquet, O., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2017). Efectos de la crisis economica en la movilidad cotidiana en la Region metropolitana de Barcelona. Boletín de La Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, 75, 9–28. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.21138/bage.2490

    Marquet, O., Floyd, M. F., James, P., Glanz, K., Jennings, V., Jankowska, M. M., Kerr, J., & Hipp, J. A. (2020). Associations between worksite walkability, greenness, and physical activity around work. Environment and Behavior, 52(2), 139–163. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916518797165

    Marquet, O., Hirsch, J. A., Kerr, J., Jankowska, M. M., Mitchell, J., Hart, J. E., Laden, F., Hipp, J. A., & James, P. (2022). GPS-based activity space exposure to greenness and walkability is associated with increased accelerometer-based physical activity. Environment International, 165(May), 107317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107317

    Marquet, O., Ríos Bedoya, V., & Miralles-Guasch, C. (2017). Local accessibility inequalities and willingness to walk in Latin American cities. Findings from Medellín, Colombia. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation,11(3), 186–196. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2016.1230804

    Mattioli, G. (2014). Where Sustainable Transport and Social Exclusion Meet: Households Without Cars and Car Dependence in Great Britain. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 16(3), 379–400. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2013.858592

    Næss, P., & Cao, X. J. (2017). Which D ’ s are the important ones ? The effects of built environment characteristics on driving distance in Oslo and Stavanger. The Journal of Transport and Land Use, 945–964.

    Shen, L., & Stopher, P. R. (2014). Review of GPS Travel Survey and GPS Data-Processing Methods. Transport Reviews, 34(3), 316–334. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2014.903530

    Steg, L. (2005). Car use: lust and must. Instrumental, symbolic and affective motives for car use. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 39(2–3), 147–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2004.07.001

    Stopher, P. R., & Greaves, S. P. (2007). Household travel surveys: Where are we going? Transportation Research Part A, 41(5), 367–381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2006.09.005

Software

None in specific