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Subjective well-being and travel: retrospect and prospect

verfasst von: Patricia L. Mokhtarian

Erschienen in: Transportation | Ausgabe 2/2019

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Although the improvement of well-being is often an implicitly-assumed goal of many, if not most, public policies, the study of subjective well-being (SWB) and travel has so far been confined to a relatively small segment of the travel behavior community. Accordingly, one main purpose of this paper is to introduce a larger share of the community to some fundamental SWB-related concepts and their application in transportation research, with the goal of attracting others to this rewarding area of study. At the same time, however, I also hope to offer some useful reflections to those already working in this field. After discussing some basic issues of terminology and measurement of SWB, I present from the literature four conceptual models relating travel and subjective well-being. Following one of those models, I review five ways in which travel can influence well-being. I conclude by examining some challenges associated with assessing the impacts of travel on well-being, as well as challenges associated with applying what we learn to policy.

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Titel: Subjective well-being and travel: retrospect and prospect
verfasst von: Patricia L. Mokhtarian
Publikationsdatum: 19.10.2018
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Transportation / Ausgabe 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0049-4488
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9935-y

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