Housing Mobility and Travel Behaviour: A Process-Oriented Approach to Spatial Mobility: Evidence from a New Research Field in Germany

In recent years, some effort has been made to understand the location changes in the life course underlying travel demand in Germany. Such studies have presented travel behavior and long-term housing mobility as intertwined decision flows within the life course. This perspective calls for new methods, such as comparisons of travel behavior before and after relocation, or comparisons between different ‘relocation types’. A number of studies have been conducted on this new perspective. Although there are certain methodological problems arising, notable progress has already been made towards a more precise understanding of travel demand. This includes the investigation of the use of transport modes as well as traveled distances and activity spaces. This paper provides an overview of these studies. Theoretical groundwork, empirically validated aspects, and deficits and blind spots of research are discussed.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Scheiner, Joachim
• Publication Date: 2006-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 287-298
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Choice models; Housing; Mobility; Modal analysis; Mode choice; Spatial analysis; Travel behavior; Travel demand
• Geographic Terms: Germany
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01033860
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 2006 7:44AM