TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender-Biased Transportation Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa with Special Reference to Cameroon
AU - Njoh, Ambe J.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - The paper discusses transport problems facing women in Cameroon. Among major factors contributing to these problems are: societal attitudes, urban-biased development schemes, gender-based discriminatory transport policies, inappropriate spatial organization, and negative trends in the country's economy. The author argues that the uniqueness of women-specific transport problems warrants special and calculated action on the part of planners and policy makers in a developing nation such as Cameroon. Remedial steps, such as altering societal attitudes, lessening and simplifying women's chores, promoting non-motorized modes of transport, reducing trip volume and length by, for instance, revamping antiquated zoning ordinances, and actively discouraging gender-based discrimination in public transportation through appropriate legislation, are suggested.
AB - The paper discusses transport problems facing women in Cameroon. Among major factors contributing to these problems are: societal attitudes, urban-biased development schemes, gender-based discriminatory transport policies, inappropriate spatial organization, and negative trends in the country's economy. The author argues that the uniqueness of women-specific transport problems warrants special and calculated action on the part of planners and policy makers in a developing nation such as Cameroon. Remedial steps, such as altering societal attitudes, lessening and simplifying women's chores, promoting non-motorized modes of transport, reducing trip volume and length by, for instance, revamping antiquated zoning ordinances, and actively discouraging gender-based discrimination in public transportation through appropriate legislation, are suggested.
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/1942
UR - https://doi.org/10.1163/156852199X00275
U2 - 10.1163/156852199X00275
DO - 10.1163/156852199X00275
M3 - Article
VL - 34
JO - Journal of Asian and African Studies
JF - Journal of Asian and African Studies
ER -