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This review explores the application of the capabilities approach in the domain of criticality assessment of transportation networks. While typically used to gauge the development and wellbeing of communities, the capabilities approach is gaining prominence and has garnered growing interest within the field of transport studies. The review looks at the problem of accessibility of various facilities essential for wellbeing and the associated studies that focus on road criticality as a problem of accessibility. It delineates each capability based on Nussbaum’s list of capabilities and its relevance to transportation access. This highlights a substantial overlap between studies on road criticality assessment as a framework for prioritization of crucial links and routes within a network, and the capabilities approach aimed at community wellbeing. While most studies in the domain of criticality assessment do not explicitly follow a capabilities-based approach, the review underscores commonalities and highlights the potential of the approach in wellbeing focused transportation planning.

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Review of Transport Network Criticality from a Capabilities Approach Perspective

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  • 发表日期：

    2026年

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  • Hrishikesh Dev Sarma,
  • Rui Teixeira,
  • Beatriz Martinez-Pastor,
  • Helen McHenry

摘要

This review explores the application of the capabilities approach in the domain of criticality assessment of transportation networks. While typically used to gauge the development and wellbeing of communities, the capabilities approach is gaining prominence and has garnered growing interest within the field of transport studies. The review looks at the problem of accessibility of various facilities essential for wellbeing and the associated studies that focus on road criticality as a problem of accessibility. It delineates each capability based on Nussbaum’s list of capabilities and its relevance to transportation access. This highlights a substantial overlap between studies on road criticality assessment as a framework for prioritization of crucial links and routes within a network, and the capabilities approach aimed at community wellbeing. While most studies in the domain of criticality assessment do not explicitly follow a capabilities-based approach, the review underscores commonalities and highlights the potential of the approach in wellbeing focused transportation planning.