222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
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In aiming to understand and model peoples’ out-of-home movements, the academic field of transport planning is confronted with two major challenges. Firstly, leisure travel is increasing in importance and is more complex and variable than work-related travel, being less rigid in temporal and spatial patterns and more influenced by external factors such as social contacts or weather conditions.... Read more
Social Networks and Travel Behaviour
Biography
Matthias Kowald works for the Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development, Berne and Kay W. Axhausen is Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich.
’We're so excited by the internet and mobile phones that we forget we have bodies that travel. This path-breaking book shows how people have become networked individuals, expanding the space and diversity of their personal connections. It goes way beyond standard travel-demand studies. Brilliant, well researched, and carefully documented, it rewards quick reading and detailed study.’ Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Canada ’I will be notifying my own professional social network about this timely book, rich in implementation detail and descriptions of best practices. It brings the vital considerations of space and travel to the study of social networks, and those of social interaction to the study of travel behavior. A must-read for anyone interested in either field, and an important catalyst for greater cross-fertilization between the two.’ Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
