Transport Poverty with Special Reference to Sustainability: A Systematic Review of the Literature

María del Carmen Pérez-Peña, Mercedes Jiménez-García, José Ruiz-Chico and Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez
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María del Carmen Pérez-Peña: University Institute for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS), Department of General Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Cádiz, 4-11406 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Mercedes Jiménez-García: University Institute for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS), Department of General Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Cádiz, 4-11406 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
José Ruiz-Chico: University Institute for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS), Department of General Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Cádiz, 4-11406 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Antonio Rafael Peña-Sánchez: University Institute for Sustainable Social Development (INDESS), Department of General Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication, University of Cádiz, 4-11406 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
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Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: The aim of this work is to analyse the state of the art of scientific research related to transport poverty with special reference to sustainability and to identify new research needs. To this end, a methodology has been used in line with the objective set out, choosing the systematic review of the literature as the most suitable method. The results show that transport poverty is an under-exploited issue and is not well articulated by researchers, and there are great differences between the different areas of knowledge studied. The subjects related to health and medicine have more publications, almost 58%, with the rest distributed among 11 different subjects. Of the works analysed, only 26.69% refer to the topic of sustainability, and therefore this is a branch which is little studied in the literature in this field. Another relevant finding is that all the articles analysed highlight the vulnerability and inequality of the groups affected by transport poverty, with the elderly being the least studied in the research work.

Keywords: poverty; transport; inequality; social exclusion; the elderly; medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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