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Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion

Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion

Susan Kenyon
ISBN13: 9781591405757|ISBN10: 1591405750|EISBN13: 9781591407911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch128
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Kenyon, Susan. "Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion." Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, et al., IGI Global, 2005, pp. 715-722. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch128

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Kenyon, S. (2005). Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion. In S. Marshall, W. Taylor, & X. Yu (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology (pp. 715-722). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch128

Chicago

Kenyon, Susan. "Using Virtual Mobility to Alleviate Aspects of Social Exclusion." In Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, edited by Stewart Marshall, Wal Taylor, and Xinghuo Yu, 715-722. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch128

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Abstract

People’s ability to participate in the activities that are necessary to ensure their economic, political and social participation in the society in which they live is dependent upon the accessibility of the activities. Accessibility has traditionally been perceived as a function of the space, or distance, between the origin of the individual (or community) and the destination of the activity¾the opportunity, service, social network, goods¾alongside the time that it takes to cross this space. Thus, accessibility is dependent upon the individual’s ability to overcome space and time barriers, allowing them to reach the right place or person, at the right time¾and, of course, upon the availability to them of adequate resources to do this (Couclelis, 2000)1.

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