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原文传递 Sociological perspectives on travel and mobilities: A review

题名：	Sociological perspectives on travel and mobilities: A review
责任者：	S Cairns, C Harmer, J Hopkin, S Skippon
关键词：	not available
学科分类：	交通运输规划与管理
摘要：	There is increasing interest in understanding and achieving changes in travel behaviour, but a focus on individual behaviour change may overlook the potential for achieving change via transformation at the levels of institutions, cultures and societies – the domains of sociological inquiry. In this paper, we review sociological contributions to the literature on travel and ‘mobilities’. We summarise four key themes which supplement or contradict arguments made in mainstream transport debates on behaviour change. The first involves focusing on travel ‘practices’ as social entities with dynamics of their own, rather than on individual behaviours. The second relates to the changing natures of societies, and the implications for travel. The third explores and interprets the issue of car dependence in ways which highlight the ethical, experiential and emotional dimensions associated with car use, its symbolic role in societies increasingly concerned with consumption, and its differing roles within different cultures. Finally, the ‘new mobilities paradigm’ highlights issues such as the increasing links between travel and new technologies, and the primacy of social networks in influencing travel decisions. These themes emphasise the importance of understanding the broader contexts in which travel choices are made. In particular, the implication is that the creation of more sustainable travel patterns will require changes at a range of social levels, not simply in individual behaviours, and that changes to transport will inevitably be linked with, and influenced by, broader changes in the values and practices developed by societies as a whole. [Abstract from Elsevier]
出版机构：	Transport Research Laboratory
提交日期：	30 May 2014
总页数：	19
报告类型：	科技报告
资源类型：	科技（咨询、行业）报告
初始创建时间：	30 May 2014