Urban Rhythms and Travel Behaviour: Spatial and Temporal Phenomena of Daily Travel

ISBN-13: 9781138274419 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 248 str.

Stefan Schonfelder; Kay W. Axhausen

Opis

This analysis of newly available longitudinal data on individual trip making and activity behaviour debates the most suitable methodological tools to represent the structures of long-term travel behaviour. Also discussed is what such data reveals about travellers' motives, and how planning should translate the findings into forecasting tools and transport strategies. The inquiry reveals the multifaceted character of daily life travel, and the variability that individuals show in activity behaviour.

Recenzje

'This book presents a thorough exposition of concepts and theories for examining temporal aspects of daily travel behaviour, and pulls together some of the best research in the world on the analysis of longitudinal data on activity-travel behaviour. It should be read by everyone interested in leading travel behaviour research.' H.J.P. Timmermans, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands 'This is an exciting book, fusing insights from economics, sociology, psychology and geography, and drawing together recent conceptual and empirical work on the dynamics of travel behaviour from several countries. The sections dealing with trip destinations and the co-existence of habitual and variety seeking behaviour are particularly innovative.' Peter Jones, University College London, UK

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Part I Foundations: Theoretical framework; Definitions; Time, space and travel analysis: an overview; A conceptual model of non-response; The multi-day data sets employed. Part II The Temporal Aspects of Day-to-Day Travel Behaviour: Current patterns of travel behaviour; Scheduling; Modelling the rhythms of activity demand: an explanatory approach, modelling details and results;. Part III Human Spatial Behaviour and the Analysis of Activity Spaces: Destination choice and activity spaces: a review of concepts and a framework for analysis; Analysing activity space using longitudinal data: methods and results. Part IV Conclusions: Concluding remarks; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Stefan Schonfelder, WIFO, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Austria and Kay Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland