City of layers: Bangkok's Sky Train and How it Works in Socially Segregating Mobility Patterns

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Abstract

This paper explores the construction of the ‘Sky Train' in central Bangkok. The research question explores the potential socially segregating effect of the Sky Train on Bangkok mobility patterns. The conclusion is that in the networked urban geographies of Bangkok's transportation system new mobility practices are played out in a relational space where the potential for movement is shifted in favour of the elite and the tourists. The Sky Train reconfigures the mobility patterns of the inner city of Bangkok in ways that are more than planning policies to overcome congestion and traffic jams. They are also expressions of power and social exclusion
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftSchweizerische Zeitschrift fur Soziologie
Vol/bind33
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)9-28
Antal sider19
ISSN0379-3664
StatusUdgivet - 2007

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