INTERACT - Accessibility to places and transport: social, economic and environmental interactions
Overview
Background & policy context:
INTERACT is a cluster of four research units in the framework of the "Science for Sustainable Development Programme", addressing access to places and transport from different, complementary angles: accessibility and performance of infrastructures, regional economics, health, etc.
The purpose of the cluster is to foster an interdisciplinary collaboration to compare, deepen and translate the previously acquired knowledge into a new vision, along with policy recommendations based on an integrated approach.
Objectives:
The goals of INTERACT can be summarised as follows:
- harmonisation of multidisciplinary research, data and analysis;
- improvement of insight into the motivations, dynamics, interactions and effects of socio-economic and cultural activities related to human mobility;
- recommendations for policy makers, planners, engineers and other experts;
- development of a "toolbox" for the evaluation of accessibility issues in urban planning, transport and mobility;
- communication of results in a book, an interactive website, a DVD and a seminar.
Methodology:
The project had a dual perspective. The first consist of the application of a conceptual framework to integrate research results in terms of social, economic and environmental interactions, followed by a discussion as to how these relate to policy.
The second examines cases i.e. specific locations (railway stations), and specific target groups (elderly people).
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