Mobility biographies: A review of achievements and challenges of the mobility biographies approach and a framework for further research

•Categorisation of research on life events and their impact on travel behaviour.•Development of a systematic framework for the analysis of travel behaviour change.•Critical discussion of theoretical and methodological challenges and research gaps. In transport research, important changes in an indiv...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of transport geography Jg. 46; S. 151 - 163
Hauptverfasser: Müggenburg, Hannah, Busch-Geertsema, Annika, Lanzendorf, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2015
Schlagworte:
Adaptation
Behavioural
Biographies
Cobalt
Decisions
Geography
Key event
Life course approach
Life event
Literature review
Mobility biography
Professional development
Transport
Travel behaviour
Life course approach
Travel behaviour
Literature review
Life event
Mobility biography
Key event
ISSN:0966-6923, 1873-1236
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Zusammenfassung:•Categorisation of research on life events and their impact on travel behaviour.•Development of a systematic framework for the analysis of travel behaviour change.•Critical discussion of theoretical and methodological challenges and research gaps. In transport research, important changes in an individual’s life, so-called key events, are of particular interest because changes in one’s environment and surrounding context weaken routines, and a ‘window of opportunity’ opens up for behavioural change. In the framework of the mobility biographies approach, several studies have been undertaken to improve understanding of travel behaviour change in the last decade. This paper critically and systematically reviews emerging results from mobility biographies research, focusing on key events which potentially induce contextual and travel behaviour changes. The first step was to identify 25 of the most important studies for this approach and their related concepts. Next, notions other than key events in the literature are discussed and a theoretical framework for the longitudinal interaction of four dimensions of key events and other factors for travel behaviour change are identified: (i) life events in private and professional careers, (ii) adaptation of long-term mobility decisions, (iii) exogenous interventions, and (iv) other long-term processes which are not key events (e.g. socialisation). Furthermore, the understanding of key events, methodological challenges and further research gaps are critically discussed in this review.
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ISSN:0966-6923
1873-1236
DOI:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.06.004