Gender, Roads, and Mobility in Asia
Poor roads and transport infrastructure are key factors in the marginalization of women and other disempowered groups, but there is little understanding of the many ways in which a lack of mobility affects people’s lives. In South-east Asia, huge strides are being made in highway development and regional economic integration. The complex interplay of factors makes the connections discovered both interesting and challenging for study. Do roads necessarily bring economic opportunities and prosperity? How does the possible change in mobility transform the lives of women and marginalized groups? How does the differential impact of these changes on people depend on geographical, social, and historical factors and people’s own capacities to make optimum use of the new resource? Gender, Roads, and Mobility in Asia brings together stories from different points of transformation and what emerges is a nuanced picture of how people’s own positions and capabilities – gender, age, ethnicity, literacy, and education – influence the impact of the infrastructure development on their lives.This book should be read by policy makers, transportation planners, development practitioners and researchers.
Published: 2012
Pages: 240
eBook: 9781780440507
Paperback: 9781853397349
| Prelims (Acknowledgements) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Introduction: Gender, roads, and mobility in Asia | |||
| Kyoko Kusakabe | |||
| PART ONE: Connecting Asia: Explosive growth in infrastructure | |||
| 2. International road transport in GMS | |||
| Madan B. Regmi and Shinya Hanaoka | |||
| 3. Influence of transportation infrastructure development on freight traffic flow patterns in GMS | |||
| Takafumi Iwata, Hironori Kato and Ryuichi Shibasaki | |||
| 4. Rural–urban–global linkages, economic integration, and development | |||
| H. Detlef Kammeier | |||
| 5. The influence of highways on economic development of medium- and small-sized cities in China | |||
| Shinya Hanaoka and Ba Tianxing | |||
| PART TWO: Gendered impact of transport development | |||
| 6. Gender, mobility, and road construction in GMS | |||
| Kyoko Kusakabe | |||
| 7. Gendered impacts of road infrastructure development along the Kunming–Bangkok highway | |||
| Wang Yunxian and Zhao Qun | |||
| 8. Effects of infrastructure development on trade and gender relations: A study at Lao Bao border, Vietnam | |||
| Nguyen Thi Diem Hang, Nguyen Thi Phuong Hien, Trinh Thi Bich Thuy, Vu Thi Hoang Yen and Vo Thi Quynh Truc | |||
| 9. Gender analysis of changes in livelihoods at the border: A case study of Houayxai, Lao PDR | |||
| Saykham Thammanosouth, Viengnam Douangphachanh and Lamphoun Khounphakdy | |||
| 10. Impact of cross-border road construction on the livelihoods of women and men in Kyaing Tong– Tachilek, Myanmar | |||
| Win Myo Thu | |||
| 11. Cross-border trading experiences before and after the construction of the second Lao–Thai Friendship Bridge | |||
| Nittana Southiseng and John Walsh | |||
| 12. Negotiating the trade route at the border: A case study of women small-scale cross-border traders in Myitkyina, Myanmar | |||
| Khin Hnin Phyu | |||
| 13. Gendered patterns of urban commuting with better connectivity in Jakarta megapolitan area | |||
| Sri Hartinin Rachmod, Ardi Adji and Dendi Handiyatmo | |||
| 14. Gendered mobility of working couples: A case of Soi Sukhumvit 22 | |||
| Wijitbusaba Ann Marome | |||
| PART THREE: Planning gendered interventions in road development | |||
| 15. Role of transport infrastructure in changing gender relations in rural Sri Lanka | |||
| Upali Pannilage | |||
| 16. Participatory road construction and poverty reduction in Nepal | |||
| Jun Hada | |||
| 17. Road connectivity and its impact on women’s poverty in Nepal | |||
| Bandana Sharma | |||
| 18. Construction of village roads by villagers: Creating jobs forwomen and men in Sunamganj, Bangladesh | |||
| Sk. Md. Mohsin, Edward Mallorie and Michael A. Roy | |||
| 19. Road improvement in Cambodia: Livelihood, education, health, and empowerment | |||
| John Pilgrim and Ngin Chanrith | |||
| 20. Mobility and accessibility to health services in rural Nepal | |||
| Binjwala Shrestha | |||
| 21. Conclusion: Studying gender relations in a mobile world | |||
| Kyoko Kusakabe | |||
| Back Matter (Index) |
Kyoko Kusakabe Kyoko Kusakabe is Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
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