Behavioral Changes towards More Sustainable Travelling
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Transportation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2021) | Viewed by 7757
Special Issue Editor
Interests: specialization in conceptual design and scientific supervision of the German mobility panel survey (survey methods, data handling, statistical evaluation); travel demand prognoses; factors influencing travel demand and mobility; sociological aspects of travel demand; travel surveys; travel demand modeling; telecommunication–transport demand interactions
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We live in an era of dynamics on one side and the need for more or less fundamental behavioral adaptations—in terms of travel behaviors but also in general lifestyles—on the other. In view of the challenges of climate change and the limitedness of natural resources, transportation planning and transportation policy aim to motivate people to change their travel behaviors. However, the effectiveness and usefulness of these measures and policies are frequently not clear: In addition to the intended changes, we are likely to be confronted with side-effects, e.g., rebound effects. Additionally, we frequently do not know if we observe a changed behavior causing these changes or stability in demand on an aggregated level, which could hide compensational effects (behavioral changes in different directions of different individuals or the results of some behavioral changes which are compensated by structural processes, e.g., demographic changes).
One of our jobs as transportation researchers is to evaluate the effectiveness of measures and interventions and to estimate how these measures affect travel demand volumes or model utilization. However, we all are aware that measurement and identification are complex. Surveys on travel behavior measure travel quantities at a certain point of time. Repeated surveys, e.g., before-and-after studies show that aggregated demand volumes potentially remain unchanged over time; however, these aggregated figures hide those intra-individual changes which compensate for each other.
Against this background, an improved understanding of what changes behavior and how these changes can be quantified is necessary. Thus, the aim of this Special Issue of Sustainability is twofold:
- In terms of the survey data, we need to break down the changed quantities into the different underlying reasons and processes. The identification and measurement of changes but also their interpretation and assignment to causes (policies and interventions, structural as well as life-style changes, changed attitudes and random effects) are of central importance. This Special Issue deals first with survey approaches and data concepts (as well as combinations) to measure behavioral changes and adaptions;
- For this Special Issue, case studies, experiences, and experiments are also welcome in which measures and policies resulting in behavioral changes have been evaluated. Amongst these case studies can be policies, interventions, the evaluation of new mobility services, infrastructural measures, pricing policies, as well as any form of soft policies. Further, the adoption of new services and behaviors is of interest. It would be preferable if the evaluation concept is explained (before-and-after studies, data-collection concept, etc.).
Dr. Bastian Chlond
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- sustainable tourism
- tourism development
- travel demand
- travel surveys
- tourism planning
- environment and climate change
- tourist behavior
- tour planning and operations
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- Reprint: MDPI Books provides the opportunity to republish successful Special Issues in book format, both online and in print.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.
