 Intra-urban daily mobility of disabled people for recreational and leisure purposesZbigniew Taylor and Iwona Józefowicz Journal of Transport Geography, 2012, vol. 24, issue C, 155-172 Abstract: This paper presents findings from an empirical study of everyday trips made within urban space by disabled but working people, for recreational and leisure purposes. The study was conducted in the city of Bydgoszcz, Poland, while the subsequent analysis is based on the authors’ inventory of selected public buildings and interviews. 450 individuals with disabilities, plus 150 non-disabled members of the same households, were sampled and surveyed across the city. The results indicate that, in general, there are great differences between people with disabilities and their able-bodied counterparts. Disabled inhabitants choose forms of recreation not involving substantial financial inputs. As fares, availability and accessibility have the strongest impact on leisure activities, the preferred forms of recreation among disabled people are meetings with relatives and friends, the spending of free time at home or on an allotment, or walking. The biggest differences in behaviour between the two categories of respondent are in turn found to arise in the case of participation in sporting activities. Keywords: Disability; Transport disadvantage; Leisure and recreation; Free time; Accessibility; Availability (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jotrge:v:24:y:2012:i:c:p:155-172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.12.008 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Transport Geography is currently edited by Frank Witlox More articles in Journal of Transport Geography from Elsevier |
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