Auto motives : understanding car use behaviours

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Lucas, Karen, 1960- (Editor), Blumenberg, Evelyn (Editor), Weinberger, Rachel (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2011.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780857242341
9781786359605
DOI10.1108/9780857242341
Physical Description1 online resource (xviii, 292 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Prelims
  • Theories and concepts of car use
  • Understanding auto motives
  • Conceptualising car 'dependence'
  • Motivating changes in auto mobility
  • The factors that motivate choices
  • Mobility without accessibility: the case of car use and discretionary activities
  • Insights on car-use behaviors from behavioral economics
  • Drivers of auto ownership: the role of past experience and peer pressure
  • The car as a material possession: exploring the link between materialism and car ownership and use
  • Exploring differences between people
  • Car use and gender: the case of dual-earner families in Utrecht, the Netherlands
  • Driving off into the sunset: the implications of the growing automobility of older travelers
  • Mobility vs. affordability as motivations for car-ownership choice in urban fringe, low-income Australia
  • DRiving to the breadline
  • Migrating to driving: exploring the multiple dimensions of immigrants' automobile use
  • Immigrants and automobility in New Jersey: the role of spatial and occupational factors in commuting to work
  • Conclusions
  • Subject Index.