Limitations of technical approaches to transport planning practice in two cases: social issues as a critical component of urban projects

Lara K. Mottee; Jos Arts; Frank Vanclay; Richard Howitt; Fiona Miller

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Limitations of technical approaches to transport planning practice in two cases: social issues as a critical component of urban projects

Lara K. Mottee^*, Jos Arts, Frank Vanclay, Richard Howitt, Fiona Miller

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Technical transport models are commonly relied upon in planning practice for the development of urban rail infrastructure projects. By considering the assessment and management of social impacts in the planning and decision-making of two rail megaprojects (the North-South Metro line in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and the Parramatta Rail Link in Sydney, Australia), we found that technical approaches continued to overlook social impacts, and had an overemphasis on economic and engineering considerations. We conclude that good practice Social Impact Assessment (SIA) offers opportunities to better consider social issues as a critical component of transport projects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-57
Number of pages	19
Journal	Planning Theory and Practice
Volume	21
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Dec 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2019.1696980
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Keywords

environmental impact assessment
megaprojects
social impact assessment
transport planning
urban geography
urban planning

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