Informal, essential and embedded: Transport strategies in remote Sarawak

Christine Horn, Sandra M. Gifford and Christina Y.P. Ting

Journal of Transport Geography, 2021, vol. 96, issue C

Abstract: Transport is a main concern for people living in rural and remote communities around the world, where the absence of affordable and reliable transport often prevents access to education, health services and employment opportunities. In Sarawak, a state of Malaysia on the island of Borneo, many rural villages experience acute transport poverty. For their basic transport needs, people here rely on informal transport systems based on local social and cultural networks, which provide essential mobility.

Keywords: Informal transport; Polanyi; Social Embeddedness; Indigenous Enterprise; Sarawak; Malaysia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103181

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