Island transport, car ownership and use: A focus on practices in Cuba, Malta, Mauritius and Singapore

Warren, James P. and Enoch, Marcus P. (2010). Island transport, car ownership and use: A focus on practices in Cuba, Malta, Mauritius and Singapore. Island Studies Journal, 5(2) pp. 193–216.

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Abstract

Car ownership is growing in many countries and this growth results in further car use and increasing emissions – a trend diametrically opposed to a reduction of transport energy and longer term sustainability targets, and a problem that is particularly acute in island states across the world. The aim of this paper is to consider how various contextual factors influence the development of transport systems in four island states. Within this, the paper seeks to explore how transport systems have developed in Cuba, Mauritius, Malta and Singapore. The paper finds that a number of contextual factors have combined to result in four rather interesting transport outcomes.

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