Auto motives : understanding car use behaviours / edited by Karen Lucas, Evelyn Blumenberg, Rachel Weinberger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lucas, Karen, 1960-

Blumenberg, Evelyn.

Weinberger, Rachel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Automobile drivers--Psychology.

Automobile drivers.

Physical Description:

xviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald, 2011.

Summary:

A session at the 2009 Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington, DC inspired this volume, and some of the 13 studies included are revised from presentations there. Scholars of transportation, urban planning, and related fields--not psychology or sociology--cover theories and concepts of car use, the factors that motivate choices, and differences between people. Among specific topics are conceptualizing car dependence, insights on car-use behaviors from behavioral economics, the car as material possession, driving to the breadline, and the role of spatial and occupational factors in commuting to work by immigrants in New Jersey. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0857242334

OCLC:

687687323

Publisher Number:

99945186331