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008			150209s2015 vtu b 001 0 eng c
020			_a9781472433831
020			_a9781472433831 (hardback : alk. paper)
020			_z9781472433848 (ebook)
020			_z9781472433855 (epub)
041			_aEnglish
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a306.481 _223 _bKOW
245	0	0	_aSocial networks and travel behaviour / _cedited by Matthias Kowald, Swiss Federal Office for Spatial Development, Berne, Kay W. Axhausen, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.
300			_axiii, 208 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIn 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. Secondly, traditional aggregated transport models do not include any information on peoples' social interactions or their personal social networks. In contrast, the recent development and availability of disaggregated models allows more detailed modelling of elements such as individual characteristics, motivations, constraints and travel costs, as well as a consideration of influences from an actor's social environment. People travel not only within an infrastructure but also within a social structure. These two main factors have driven transport planners to focus on peoples' interaction and their social network. In recent years there have been a remarkable number of data collection efforts in the field, surveying information on the link between travel behaviour and social motivation. Providing an overview of selected exemplary studies, this volume addresses the overlap between transport planning and methods of social network analysis; applied methods of social network analysis and related empirical results; and current challenges and new research questions in this field.
505	0		_aActivity spaces, biographies, social networks and their welfare gains and externalities: some hypotheses and empirical results / Kay W. Axhausen -- Qualitative interviews on the formation and maintenance of social networks as foundation for quantitative survey instruments / Timo Ohnmacht -- Egocentric networks in Zurich: quantitative survey development, data collection and analysis / Andreas Frei and Timo Ohnmacht -- Personal networks in a population-wide network structure / Matthias Kowald -- Country specific characteristics matter / Andreas Frei, Matthias Kowald, Pauline van den Berg, and Juan A. Carrasco -- Personal characteristics, social contacts and transport systems / Juan A. Carrasco -- Dynamic social networks and travel / Fariya Sharmeen, Theo A. Arentze and Harry J.P. Timmermans.
505	0		_aContents: Introduction: transport planning and social network analysis - an introduction, Matthias Kowald and Kay W. Axhausen; Activity spaces, biographies, social networks and their welfare gains and externalities: some hypotheses and empirical results, Kay W. Axhausen; Qualitative interviews on the formation and maintenance of social networks as foundation for quantitative survey instruments, Timo Ohnmacht; Egocentric networks in Zurich: quantitative survey development, data collection and analysis, Andreas Frei and Timo Ohnmacht; Personal networks in a population-wide network structure, Matthias Kowald; Country specific characteristics matter, Andreas Frei, Matthias Kowald, Pauline van den Berg and Juan A. Carrasco; Personal characteristics, social contacts and transport systems, Juan A. Carrasco; Dynamic social networks and travel, Fariya Sharmeen, Theo Arentze and Harry J.P. Timmermans; Index.
650		0	_aTravel
650		0	_aTransportation demand management.
700	1		_aKowald, Matthias,
700	1		_aAxhausen, K. W.,
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
490	1		_aTransport and society
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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; and secondly, traditional aggregated transport models do not include any information on peoples' social interactions or their personal social networks. These two main factors have driven transport planners to focus on peoples' interaction and their social network. Providing an overview of selected exemplary studies, this volume addresses the overlap between transport planning and methods of social network analysis; applied methods of social network analysis and related empirical results; and current challenges and new research questions in this field"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_xSocial aspects.
650		0	_xComputer network resources.
650		0	_xResearch.
650		0	_xPlanning.
700	1		_eeditor.
700	1		_d1958- _eeditor.
830		0	_aTransport and society.
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