The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions

This paper sets out the rationale and structure of a tool for assisting policy-makers and practitioners to understand behavioral challenges and open up thinking on the design of effective 'behavior change' interventions. The 'Four Dimensions of Behavior' (4DB) framework is based on the theoretical and empirical research in a range of policy domains including transport and pro-environmental behavior more generally. The 4DB framework characterizes multifaceted behaviors along dimensions of actor, domain, durability and scope. Its application in workshop or structured settings opens up diverse and non-exclusive discussion on designing interventions to match salient behavioral characteristics. The use of the 4DB framework in the transport domain is demonstrated for travel behaviors of interest to policy-makers using examples of buying plug-in vehicles (PiVs), commuting by bicycle, eco-driving and making business trips by train.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2013.850257
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1767712
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Taylor & Francis
• Authors:
  • Chatterton, Tim
  • Wilson, Charlie
• Publication Date: 2014-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 38-61
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Business trips; Commuting; Cyclists; Ecodriving; Environmental impacts; Plug-in hybrid vehicles; Policy; Railroad trains; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515440
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 2014 8:42AM