Commuting to Skåne’s Regional Centers - A Quantitative Study of Opportunities and Possible Consequences for Students
(2019) SGEK03 20182Department of Human Geography
- Abstract
- Region Skåne has designated seven regional centers in Skåne: Malmö, Lund, Helsingborg, Landskrona, Hässleholm, Kristianstad and Ystad. These centers are to be, among other things, providers of key services. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether Skåne’s students have equal opportunity, through public transport, to benefit from the regional centers’ provision of gymnasiumlevel education.
This thesis uses time geography as a theoretical framework, and also relies on previous research into the importance and impact of public transport and commuting, especially on students. The research is done by employing a quantitative statistical method, conducted on self-compiled data, primarily compiled through use of Google Maps and the... (More) - Region Skåne has designated seven regional centers in Skåne: Malmö, Lund, Helsingborg, Landskrona, Hässleholm, Kristianstad and Ystad. These centers are to be, among other things, providers of key services. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether Skåne’s students have equal opportunity, through public transport, to benefit from the regional centers’ provision of gymnasiumlevel education.
This thesis uses time geography as a theoretical framework, and also relies on previous research into the importance and impact of public transport and commuting, especially on students. The research is done by employing a quantitative statistical method, conducted on self-compiled data, primarily compiled through use of Google Maps and the Skånetrafiken app. The results of the study show that residents of different urban areas and municipalities are not in equal positions when it comes to commuting to regional centers, neither when it comes to travel
time nor number of transfers, and that smaller localities generally have poorer public transport access to regional centers than larger localities. Thus, it is likely that students from different parts of the province may suffer to different extents from the possible negative consequences of a longer and more arduous commute. (Less)
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- author
- Rosager, Alva LU
- supervisor
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- Ola Hall LU
- organization
- course
- SGEK03 20182
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- school commute, time geography, public transport, school choice, Skåne
- language
- English
- id
- 8966527
- date added to LUP
- 2019-02-11 11:03:24
- date last changed
- 2019-02-11 11:03:24
@misc{8966527, abstract = {{Region Skåne has designated seven regional centers in Skåne: Malmö, Lund, Helsingborg, Landskrona, Hässleholm, Kristianstad and Ystad. These centers are to be, among other things, providers of key services. The aim of this thesis is to examine whether Skåne’s students have equal opportunity, through public transport, to benefit from the regional centers’ provision of gymnasiumlevel education. This thesis uses time geography as a theoretical framework, and also relies on previous research into the importance and impact of public transport and commuting, especially on students. The research is done by employing a quantitative statistical method, conducted on self-compiled data, primarily compiled through use of Google Maps and the Skånetrafiken app. The results of the study show that residents of different urban areas and municipalities are not in equal positions when it comes to commuting to regional centers, neither when it comes to travel time nor number of transfers, and that smaller localities generally have poorer public transport access to regional centers than larger localities. Thus, it is likely that students from different parts of the province may suffer to different extents from the possible negative consequences of a longer and more arduous commute.}}, author = {{Rosager, Alva}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Commuting to Skåne’s Regional Centers - A Quantitative Study of Opportunities and Possible Consequences for Students}}, year = {{2019}}, }