Social Inclusion: Transport Aspects (ug320)

Designing public transport to foster patronage and social inclusion 1 9 CONFERENCE ON COMPETITION AND OWNERSHIP IN LAND TRANSPORT DESIGNING PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO FOSTER PATRONAGE AND SOCIAL INCLUSION

Inclusion of Health in Environmental Impact Assessment of Major Transport Infrastructure Projects in Vietnam

Background Infrastructure spending, especially in the transport sector, is expected to increase rapidly in Vietnam. This boost in transportation investment impacts health. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs) are essential tools for decision-making to reduce and mitigate anticipated impacts of development projects, and integration of health assessment as an essential part of the EIA process ...

Investing the Impact of Expansion of the Rural-Urban Public Transport System on the Economic and Social Development in Rural Areas in the Eastern Region of Bandpey in Babol County

Purpose: In rural areas of developing countries, lack of facilities and geographical isolation can be considered as the major causes of poverty leading to limited opportunities in achieving sustainable economic and social improvement. Public transport system has a crucial role in the prevention of social and economic exclusion and marginalization of rural and remote areas. Access to public tran...

"Doing" social inclusion with ELSiTO: empowering learning for social inclusion through occupation.

OBJECTIVES The European partnership ELSiTO aimed to develop understanding of the nature and processes of social inclusion for persons experiencing mental illness. PARTICIPANTS Partners were from Belgium, Greece and The Netherlands with over 30 members including mental health service users, occupational therapists and other staff. APPROACH A knowledge-creation learning process was used durin...

Analysis of health sector gender equality and social inclusion strategy 2009 of Nepal.

The policy on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in health sector of Nepal is formulated in 2009 targeting toward poor, vulnerable, marginalized social and ethnic groups. Gender inequality and social discrimination are a social problem that affect on individual health finally. The main objective of this paper is to critically analysis and evaluates the Government's strategy on health s...