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This book provides fresh perspectives on 21st-century migratory experiences in this innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia. Exploring the aspirations and realities of transnational mobility, the book shows how migration has reshaped lived experiences of time for middle-class young people moving between Asia and the West for work, study and lifestyle opportunities. Through a new conceptual framework of 'chronomobilities', which looks at 'time-regimes' and 'time-logics', the book demonstrates how migratory pathways have become far more complex than leaving one country for another, and can profoundly affect the temporalities of everyday life, from career pathways to intimate relationships. Drawing on extensive ethnographic material, the book deepens our understanding of the multifaceted relationship between migration and time.

This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport sector, but also of how and why transport is significant in addressing other policy goals. There are three main areas of focus: a) How we ‘do’ transport, as a result of available technologies and how we use them, b) How the ways in which we ‘do’ transport have certain consequences, across a wide range of policy areas, and c) How we could do things differently, to bring about different consequences. The book contains 16 chapters, each of which focuses on a specific theme. They have been edited together to demonstrate why and how, as a key part of a wider and connected approach to public policy, a better transport system will result not just in better journey experiences, but will also improve economic, environmental and social wellbeing. The book draws largely but not exclusively on examples from Great Britain, but has international relevance because the fundamental issues hold true across the developed world, notwithstanding different local contexts.

London is one of the most dense, vibrant, and influential urban centers in the world, and this book takes a close look at how it is addressing one of the key questions of our time: environmental sustainability. Chapters take on questions of transportation, housing, property development, education, and more, looking at the effects of sustainability initiatives not only on the environment but also on inequality, urban accessibility, and more.

This edited volume brings together leading researchers from the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe to look at the processes leading to segregation and its implications. With a methodological focus, the book explores new methods and data sources that can offer fresh perspectives on segregation in different contexts. It considers how the spatial patterning of segregation might be best understood and measured, outlines some of the mechanisms that drive it, and discusses its possible social outcomes. Ultimately, it demonstrates that measurements and concepts of segregation must keep pace with a changing world. This volume will be essential reading for academics and practitioners in human geography, sociology, planning and public policy.