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Automobile use within selected island states
journal contribution
posted on 2009-03-04, 14:51 authored by Marcus EnochMarcus Enoch, James P. WarrenTransport use in island states shares many of the same characteristics as other developing countries, but
with added complications of geographic isolation and lack of capital for many islanders. This paper
examines the influence of the automobile in 45 Small Island Developing States (SIDS), as defined by the
United Nations, using multiple regression techniques. Under these cross sectional processes, car based
mobility is tested against factors including gross domestic product, population, vehicle ownership, road
length, and urbanisation, data for which is obtained from a range of primary and secondary sources for a
subset of 38 island states.
The analysis shows a strong relationship between increased mobility and increased GDP, while other
factors which appear to be important included population density and vehicles per unit road length. The
model results are then compared and contrasted with average apparent global mobility figures from a
much larger set of countries, and this shows that mobility is significantly lower (almost half) that of
comparably wealthy non SIDS.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Citation
ENOCH, M.P., and WARREN J.P., 2008. Automobile use within selected island states. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 42 (9), 1208-1219Publisher
© ElsevierVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2008Notes
This is a journal article. It was published in the journal, Transportation Research Part A [© Elsevier]. The definitive version is available from: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/547/description#description at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2008.03.008ISSN
0965-8564Language
- en