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Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers (2011) / Chapter Skim
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... 5 PleNARY SeSSION 1 Framing the Issues Susan Hanson, Clark University, Presiding Martin Wachs, RAND Corporation Ananya Roy, University of California, Berkeley The first plenary session explored the history and future of research on women's travel issues and the relationship between poverty, spatial disadvantages, and women's transportation issues. women's Travel issues: CreaTing Knowledge, improving poliCy, and maKing Change Martin Wachs Martin Wachs provided an overview of existing research on women's transportation issues and identified some gaps.
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... 6 WOMeN'S ISSueS IN TRANSPORTATION, vOluMe 1 text of social justice, investigated this area of research and reported on her findings in the opening plenary session. gender, poverTy, and TransporTaTion in The developing world Ananya Roy Despite increasing globalization, the world's poor are concentrated in developing nations.
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