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Transport survey methods : keeping up with a changing world /
Identifies various challenges to the world community of transport survey specialists as well as the larger constituency of practitioners, planners, and decision-makers that it serves and provides potential solutions and recommendations for addressing them.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley, UK :
Emerald,
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Transport survey methods: Keeping up with a changing world; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1. Keeping Up with a Changing World: Challenges in the Design of Transport Survey Methods; 1.1. Sustainability and Traveller Adaptation; 1.2. Global Social Issues; 1.3. Freight and Transit Planning; 1.4. Technology Applications; 1.5. EmergingsolPersistent Survey Issues and Data Harmonisation; 1.6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. The Travel Survey Toolkit: Where to From Herequest; 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. A Historical Review2.3. Emerging Challenges and Directions; 2.4. Some Thoughts on the Way Ahead; 2.5. Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Part II: Sustainability and Traveller Adaptation; Chapter 3. What is so Special about Surveys Designed to Investigate the Environmental Sustainability of Travel Behaviourquest; 3.1. Introduction: The Emerging Phenomenon; 3.2. Issues; 3.3. Potential Data Sources; 3.4. Monitoring the Effectiveness of Initiatives Designed to Promote Environmentally Sustainable Behaviour; 3.5. Overall Conclusion; References
- Chapter 4. Evolving Behaviour in the Context of Interest in Environmental Sustainability: Synthesis of a Workshop4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Types of Behaviour Considered; 4.3. Types of Surveys Considered; 4.4. Potential Survey Biases; 4.5. Survey Methods for Specific Research Purposes; 4.6. Summary and Priorities for Future Research; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 5. Myths, (Mis)Perceptions and Reality in Measuring Voluntary Behavioural Changes; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Voluntary Behaviour Change; 5.3. Indicators of Change; 5.4. Issues Raised by Voluntary Travel Behaviour Change
- 5.5. Measuring Behaviour5.6. Using Surveys; 5.7. Measuring and Reporting Behaviour Change; 5.8. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. Surveys for Behavioural Experiments: Synthesis of a Workshop; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Survey Design Process; 6.3. Key Methodological Issues; 6.4. Key Research Areas; Acknowledgements; References; Part III: Global social issues; Chapter 7. Surveying Hard-to-Reach Groups; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. People Absent from the Sampling Frame; 7.3. People Out of the Home During Hour or Day of Data Collection; 7.4. People Impossible to Contact or Avoiding the Contact
- 7.5. People Who Do Not Answer or Refuse to Answer7.6. People Who Cannot Answer; 7.7. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. The Challenges of Surveying 'Hard to Reach' Groups: Synthesis of a Workshop; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. 'Hard to Reach' Groups; 8.3. Problems Resulting from Inadequate Inclusion of 'Hard to Reach' Groups; 8.4. Potential Measures to Ensure the Participation of 'Hard to Reach' Groups; 8.5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 9. Emerging Methods and Technologies for Tracking Physical Activity in the Built Environment; 9.1. Introduction