Digital Social Networks and Travel Behaviour in Urban Environments

Herausgeber: Plaut, Pnina O; Shach-Pinsly, Dalit

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together conceptual and empirical insights to explore the interconnections between social networks based on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and travel behaviour in urban environments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138594630
• ISBN-10: 1138594636
• Artikelnr.: 58052433

Autorenporträt

Pnina O. Plaut is a professor of transport and urban planning and policy at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion-IIT. Her research interests focus on smart cities and new mobility services and the nexus among ICT social networks, travel behaviour and urban environments. She is Initiator and Chair of the EU Horizon 2020 COST Action TU1305 titled: Social Networks and Travel Behaviour. Dalit Shach-Pinsly is an architect and urban designer who is currently a senior lecturer at the Technion-IIT. Her research deals with measuring and evaluating diverse qualitative aspects of the urban environment, such as the Security Rating Index (SRI), presented in her article in LAND journal. She is Co-Initiator of the EU Horizon 2020 COST Action TU1305 titled: Social Networks and Travel Behaviour.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I: ICT Social Networks and Travel Behaviour - Theory and
Practice 1. Social networks theory: definitions and practice; 2. How to
define Social Network in the context of mobilities?; 3. Opinion dynamics
and complex networks; 4. Social Media and Travel Behaviour; 5. The
Relationship between Social Networks and Spatial Mobility: A
Mobile-Phone-Based Study in Estonia; 6. On the Relative Importance of
Social Influence in Transport-Related Choice Behaviour: Empirical Evidence
from Three Stated Choice Experiments; 7. Social networks in transit:
exploring the development of new network-based travel practices; Part II:
The Urban Perspective of ICT Social Networks and Travel Behaviour 8. A
typology of urban analysis models: disciplines and levels; 9. Travel
behaviour and social networks interactions with the urban environment, a
review; 10. Modelling the city in dialogue with new social media and modes
of travel behaviour; 11. Revisiting urban models with ICT data? Some
examples from Brussels; 12. The evolution of natural cities from the
perspective of location-based social media; Epilogue Looking into the near
future of ICT-enabled travel; Index