Quality of Life and Daily Travel. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Margareta Friman, Dick Ettema, Lars E. Olsson, editors.
• Editors: Friman, Margareta, 1970-; Ettema, Dick; Olsson, Lars E
• Contents: Intro; Preface; About the Editors; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: Quality of Life and Daily Travel: An Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Background; 1.3 Contributions in the Book; 1.3.1 Conceptualizations; 1.3.2 Case-Study Applications; 1.3.3 Future Directions; References; Part II: Conceptualizations; Chapter 2: Travel Satisfaction and Well-Being; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A Review of Travel Satisfaction Measures and Their Causes; 2.2.1 An Overview of Conceptualizations of Travel Satisfaction; 2.2.2 Service Quality Measures; 2.2.3 Subjective Well-Being-Based Measures 2.2.4 Other Summary Judgments2.2.5 A Discussion of Semantic and Conceptual Issues; 2.3 Analysis of Episode-Specific Emotional Measures of Well-Being; 2.4 Influence of Travel Satisfaction on Subjective Well-Being; 2.5 Concluding Comments; References; Service Quality-Based Satisfaction Measures; Subjective Well-Being-Based Satisfaction Measures; Other Travel Satisfaction Measures; Other References; Chapter 3: Travel and Feelings; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Feeling Constructs; 3.3 Conceptualization and Retrospective Measurements of Travel-Related Feelings 3.4 Conceptualization and Instantaneous Measurement of Travel-Related Feelings3.5 Discussion; References; Chapter 4: Accessibility and Exclusion Related to Well Being; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Transport, Social Exclusion and Well-Being; 4.3 Accessibility vs Mobility; 4.4 A Theoretical Model; 4.5 How Much Transport Is Enough?; 4.6 Taking Stock and Looking Forward; References; Part III: Case-Study Applications; Chapter 5: Commuting and Happiness: What Ways Feel Best for What Kinds of People?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Previous Research; 5.2.1 Topics; 5.2.2 Limitations; 5.3 Approach of This Study 5.3.1 Concept of Happiness5.3.2 Research Method: Day Reconstruction Method; 5.3.3 Data Source; 5.3.4 Variables; 5.3.4.1 Demographics; 5.3.4.2 Commuting and Happiness Measured Using the Happiness Diary; 5.3.5 Descriptive Statistics; 5.3.5.1 Demographics; 5.3.5.2 Commuting Time and Mode; 5.3.5.3 Mood; 5.4 Results; 5.4.1 Does Commuting Affect Happiness? If So How Much?; 5.4.2 Which Aspects of Commuting Influence Happiness Most and Least?; 5.4.3 What Way of Commuting Is Optimal for Whom?; 5.5 Discussion; 5.5.1 Main Findings; 5.5.2 Agenda for Further Research; 5.6 Conclusions; References Chapter 6: Dynamic Modeling of Activity Happiness: An Investigation of the Intra-activity Hedonic Treadmill6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data Collection and Sample Statistics; 6.3 Modeling Hedonic State; 6.4 Conclusion; 6.4.1 Summary; 6.4.2 Happiness Measurement Implications; 6.4.3 Limitations and Further Work; References; Chapter 7: Measuring Door-to-Door Journey Travel Satisfaction with a Mobile Phone App; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Survey and Tool Design; 7.2.1 The Selection of a Personal Navigation Assistant (PNA) Platform in Deploying the Survey
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 388.4; Social sciences; Choice of transportation; Well-being; Commuting; Urban transportation; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation; TRANSPORTATION / Public Transportation; Choice of transportation; Commuting; Urban transportation; Well-being; Psychology -- Social Psychology; Technology & Engineering -- Civil -- General; Social Science -- Human Geography; Social, group or collective psychology; Highway & traffic engineering; Human geography; Quality of Life -- Research; Applied psychology; Traffic Engineering; Human Geography; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Social issues & processes; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319766232; 3319766236
• Related ISBNs: 9783319766225; 3319766228
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 17, 2018).
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