Leader: Elisabetta Venezia (UNIBA); Other collaborator(s):
A distributive justice discussion on who benefits from the transport investments is relevant for the allocation of substantial public funds to be directed to infrastructure investments, and for the relevant decision-making processes. Transport infrastructures can substantially change the organization of urban space, making it crucial to evaluate whether local governments mobilize these resources in a way to redress or reinforce existing patterns of urban inequality, especially by considering elderly needs. The contribution of this task is given by theapplication of Social Return on Investments (SROI), by focusing on population structure, and measuring the distributive effects of public interventions in selected relevant geographical areas.
Brief description of the activities and of the intermediate results
November 2023 - March 2024. In this period we have worked on finalizing the experimental design aimed at investigating the effects of cognitive biases in affecting beliefs and individuals choices within the political environment, also considering its relation with the age of the individuals. The implementation of the experiment will be made by an external agency, and the purchase of this service has been formally approved by the Department of Economics' council at Ca' Foscari University in March 2024.
The research focus has been on the sustainable mobility of the elderly population, both active and passive, with reference to the European area. The approach has been distinctly methodological and considered sustainability as a key priority. For these purposes, specific composite indicators have been structured and compared to take into account the key mobility variables in terms of infrastructures dedicated to the mobility of the elderly and the consequent services that this population cluster can benefit from. The idea is to be able to at a representation of the reality that puts sustainable development in terms of equity at the center. This approach provides the basis for monitoring the sustainability of mobility relating to the European area in the light of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.