Daily Mobility, Livelihoods and Transport Policies in Kampala, Uganda: A Hagerstrandian Analysis

摘要

In order to construct a suitable transport policy, based on the needs of the inhabitants and city users, planners have to be aware of the needs of urban residents. In this research, Hagerstrand's space-time geography is used to understand constraints that individuals from contrasting livelihoods experience regarding their daily mobility in Kampala. To carry out economic activities, both poor and non-poor face the need to travel, but moving in the city is hampered by congestion and poor walking infrastructure. While non-poor have the financial and economical flexibility to adjust the time and transport mode of their movements, the poor are constrained by affordability. Space-time prisms of the movements show that paradoxically the further the distance from the centre, the less movement is undertaken by the non-poor and more movement by the poor. The policy responses, driven by foreign investments, mainly from China, show that policy circulation plans prevail over tailor-made solutions.