Why Travel? (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding our Need to Move and How it Shapes our Lives
Redaktion: Niblett, Matthew; Beuret, Kris

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Supported by the Independent Transport Commission (ITC): a registered charity Why travel? What motivations underpin the journeys we make? And how can we make decisions that improve our travel experiences? Arguing that the desire to move is a purpose in itself, this book brings together leading experts to provide insights from multiple viewpoints across the sciences, arts and humanities. Together, they examine key travel motivations, including the importance of travel for human wellbeing, and how these can be reconciled with challenges such as reducing our carbon footprint, adapting new mobility technologies, and improving the quality of our journeys. The book shows how our travel choices are shaped by a wide range of social, physical, psychological and cultural factors, which have profound implications for the design of future transport policies. Offering thought-provoking and practical new perspectives, this fascinating book will be essential for all those who have ever wondered why we travel and how it relates to our fundamental needs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529216387
• Artikelnr.: 70066269

Autorenporträt

Kris Beuret OBE is the Director of Social Research Associates (SRA). She is a sociologist, previously an academic, and a member of the Independent Transport Commission and Highways England's Research and Innovation Advisory Board. Kris has advised the House of Commons Transport Committee, TfL, the DfT and overseas governments on disability and diversity issues. Dr Matthew Niblett is Director of the Independent Transport Commission and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He oversees the ITC's research portfolio and has presented findings from this research to Ministers and Parliamentary Select Committee enquiries. Matthew holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford and was a Senior Research Associate at Oxford's Transport Studies Unit.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Tony Wheeler, co
founder, Lonely Planet 1. Why Travel? An Introduction
Matthew Niblett and Kris Beuret Part I: Fundamental Motivations 3. Biological Perspectives on Travel
Charles Pasternak 4. Travel and The Mind
Tony Hiss 5. Philosophy and Travel: The Meaning of Movement
Matthew Niblett 6. The Economics of travel: it's not the destination, it's the journey
Matthew Dillon and Alexander Jan Part II: Travel for exploration and knowing ourselves 8. Why Travel? The Sociological Perspective
Kris Beuret and Roger Hall 9. Religious and Spiritual Travel
Alison Kuznets 10. Travel in Art and Literature
Alison Kuznets and Matthew Niblett 11. Why People Travel: An Anthropological View
Tom Selwyn 12. Tourist Travel
Hazel Andrews 13. Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown, and Personal Discovery
Emily Thomas Part III: Limits and New Horizons 15. Technology and Travel
Glenn Lyons 16. Placemaking and Travel: The city is where the people choose to go
Deborah Saunt and Tom Greenall 17. Travel's Place in the Environment
Terry Hill 18. Conclusion: What have we learnt?
Kris Beuret and Matthew Niblett