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Wang, Quanyi (author)
Travelling to work is one of the essential activities in individuals’ daily lives. However, commuters who depend on public transport often face significant challenges in accessing job opportunities, resulting in transport-related social exclusion risks. In recent years, shared mobility services have gained popularity as a solution, offering...
master thesis 2024
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Zeng, Shi (author)
São Paulo, like many other urban centers worldwide, grapples with a stark contrast in living conditions and spatial inequity between various income groups. Nowhere is this divide more evident than in the sprawling favela areas, where marginalized individuals face numerous challenges in their daily lives. The existing housing in these areas often...
master thesis 2023
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De Bruycker, Tinia (author)
In the spirit of equity, all humans should be entitled to a life congruous with a very high level of well-being. The development needed to achieve this would however heavily rely on manufactured assets, the production of which negatively impacts the climate system. Both efficiency- and sufficiency-based strategies have been put forward as...
master thesis 2023
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Roeleven, Iris (author)
In today’s world, the transport system is essential in helping people reach the activities they want or need to attend. However, like in many other fields, inequality can exist in access to various opportunities based on personal characteristics. Little is known about how gender and intersectional factors impact people's perceived accessibility....
master thesis 2023
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de La Vega Bayma de Oliveira, Luisa (author)
Accessibility is a fundamental concept concerning urban and transport planning as it is the elementary basis for socio-economic development in cities. It can be described as the potential to reach spatially distributed opportunities. Recent research has identified that excluding person-based features from this analysis might cause inaccurate...
master thesis 2023
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van Eeghen, Jet (author)
<b>Background</b><br/>This research is initiated to investigate the underrepresentation of women in technical occupations, particularly in the male-dominated field of the construction industry. The Netherlands is a country where this gender gap has been observed, with a significant disparity in the representation of women in the industry....
master thesis 2023
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Pocol, Paula (author)
‘Gender? Home !’ originates in the perpetual state of transcendental homelessness that women of the diaspora experience. This thesis aims to re-centre the periphery by creating a gender equitable dwelling. Throughout this research the periphery is understood as the cultural, social and economic in-between that people with a migration background...
master thesis 2023
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Elango, Saravana Kumar (author)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are one of the latest topics getting attention among companies and universities. This reflects societal representation for gender ratios and many organizations have set goals on gender equality in creating a sustainable and innovative workplace. However, the statistics show that there is sluggish growth for women...
master thesis 2023
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Chen, Wen-Yu (author)
Transport decision-making determines people’s level of accessibility and deeply influences an individual’s access to social and economic opportunities and the quality of life. Socially vulnerable populations are highly dependent on yet often more likely to have less access to transport services and experience lower accessibility. This creates...
master thesis 2023
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van Damme, Julie (author)
master thesis 2023
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Alarcon Flores, Nigel (author)
Equity Road is a foundation in Valencia that provides professional opportunities to vulnerable local groups such as immigrants and the unemployed. The preference for regional resources, such as wool, within the Red Thread, creates social sustainability by training people as manufacturing experts of fashion goods and therefore ensuring a circular...
master thesis 2023
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Boertje, Laurens (author)
Public transport is important for society, it provides accessibility to opportunities. Accessibility is not distributed evenly. Some inhabitants are disadvantaged, which has negative impacts on society. The distribution of accessibility between inhabitants can be measured with transport equity. The PT network should be improved in order to...
master thesis 2023
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Van Luven, Monica (author)
The provision of good accessibility is the main function of a well-functioning public transport (PT) system, the quality of which affects the ability of people to access basic needs such as employment, education, and healthcare. It is therefore important that PT accessibility is distributed in an equitable, or fair, manner. This thesis evaluates...
master thesis 2022
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Seerden, Wouter (author)
In order to understand the impact of new infrastructure projects, appraisal tools are used to estimate the impact it will have on society. Infrastructure is a key part of society, enabling and disabling society to work and live, playing a vital part in everyone’s lives. Former studies by Annema, Frenken, et al. (2017), Niek Mouter (2017b) and...
master thesis 2022
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Yiğitbaşi, Emre (author)
Urban areas are evolving in terms of their growing population and their developing systems and infrastructure. This evolution brings about concerns regarding social equity, which refers to the fairness of distribution of certain attributes to groups or individuals. Transport equity is one of the dimensions of this issue, and accessibility...
master thesis 2022
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Liezenga, Alma (author)
More and more people are living in cities. As these cities grow, the benefits of living in them are increasingly unequally distributed. One factor that can turn the tide of glooming urban inequality is equitable access to opportunities. Designing policies for equitable access requires taking into account several components that impact...
master thesis 2022
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Schroten, Mike (author)
This study examines the extent of which residential location and workplace location affect commuting duration and commuting distance. Moreover, by splitting to income groups social equity issues in commuting in connection to rising property values in Amsterdam come to the fore. The report employs data from the 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017 OViN...
master thesis 2022
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Lourens, Lotte (author)
Transportation systems are being put under increasing pressure in urban areas. These systems are concentrated, highly used and vulnerable to rainfall-induced disruptions. Improving the resilience of infrastructure systems to these disruptions has become a vital aspect of managing an urban area that is both economically viable as well as liveable...
master thesis 2021
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Hendriks, Onno (author)
A new generation of intelligent Traffic Light Controllers uses Model Predictive Control to minimise delay at signalised intersections. The conventional cycle of set sequences of green phases is dropped for optimisation purposes. This research uses the ethical theories utilitarianism, egalitarianism, sufficientarianism &amp; deontology to define...
master thesis 2021
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Hoefkens, Emiel (author)
The Competitive Investor Game from Bell &amp; Cover (1980) and the 푘-Player Ranking Game from Alpern &amp; Howard (2017) are analysed in thesis. Optimal strategies have been derived and the related proofs have been given a new look. The Symmetric Multiplayer Ranking Game is considered as the general interpretation of financial competition among...
master thesis 2021
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