1st Edition
Shopping Choices with Public Transport Options An Agenda for the 21st Century
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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In recent years, the environmental, social and economic concerns regarding laissez-faire retail decentralization policies have resulted in an emergence of a global trend towards the provision of wider choices of good quality public transport modes in suburban areas. Existing research on transport choices to shopping areas simply looks at travel time, travel cost or distance as a measure of the... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Trends in retail decentralization, retail and transport planning; Shopping and transport behavioural models; Methodology of study; Qualitative research data analysis; Factors affecting choice of shopping centres; Images of transport modes for shopping purposes; Conclusions and implications; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Peter J. McGoldrick
’This book is likely to be of most interest to transport planners who are interested in the social aspects that may underline transport mode choice and travel attributes. Postgraduate students may also find this book of pracitical use in regard to approaching research, research techniques and as an example of research.’ Logistics and Transport Focus ’There is much material here which adds to our knowledge of shopping behaviour in space and provides a useful basis for further research in both retail marketing and transport planning.’ Urban Studies
