Digital Social Networks and Travel Behaviour in Urban Environments

ISBN-13: 9781138594630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 238 str.

Pnina O. Plaut; Dalit Shach-Pinsly

Opis

This book brings together conceptual and empirical insights to explore the interconnections between social networks based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and travel behaviour in urban environments.

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I: ICT Social Networks and Travel Behaviour - Theory and Practice 1. Social networks theory: definitions and practice; 2. How to define Social Network in the context of mobilities?; 3. Opinion dynamics and complex networks; 4. Social Media and Travel Behaviour; 5. The Relationship between Social Networks and Spatial Mobility: A Mobile-Phone-Based Study in Estonia; 6. On the Relative Importance of Social Influence in Transport-Related Choice Behaviour: Empirical Evidence from Three Stated Choice Experiments; 7. Social networks in transit: exploring the development of new network-based travel practices; Part II: The Urban Perspective of ICT Social Networks and Travel Behaviour 8. A typology of urban analysis models: disciplines and levels; 9. Travel behaviour and social networks interactions with the urban environment, a review; 10. Modelling the city in dialogue with new social media and modes of travel behaviour; 11. Revisiting urban models with ICT data? Some examples from Brussels; 12. The evolution of natural cities from the perspective of location-based social media; Epilogue Looking into the near future of ICT-enabled travel; Index