Residential self-selection and travel [electronic resource] : the relationship between travel-related attitudes, built environment characteristics and travel behaviour / Wendy Bohte.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Bohte, Wendy.

Series:

Sustainable urban areas ; 35.

Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Choice of transportation--Social aspects.

Choice of transportation.

Suburbanites--Travel--Research.

Suburbanites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most Western national governments aim to influence individual travel patterns - at least to some degree - through the spatial planning of residential areas. Nevertheless, the extent to which the characteristics of the built environment influence travel behaviour remains the subject of debate among travel behaviour researchers. This work addresses the role of residential-self-selection, an important issue within this debate. Households may not only adjust their travel behaviour to the built environment where they live, but they may also choose a residential location that corresponds to their tr

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Measuring attitudes in research on residential self-selection and travel behaviour; Deriving and validating trip purposes and travel modes for multi-day GPS-based travel surveys; Cause or effect? An analysis of the role of travel-related attitudes to identify residential self-selection concerning travel behaviour; Travel-related attitudes, beliefs and residential self-selection; Conclusions and discussion; Samenvatting; Appendix 1 Questionnaires; Curriculum vitae

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Technical University of Delft, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

6612956259

1-282-95625-6

9786612956256

1-60750-656-4

OCLC:

695984392