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Record Nr.

UNINA9910590048403321

Autore

Zhao Pengjun

Titolo

Lifestyle Change and Transport in China / / by Pengjun Zhao, Di Lyu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022

ISBN

981-19-4399-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 pages)

Collana

Population, Regional Development and Transport, , 2662-4621

Disciplina

388.0951

Soggetti

Well-being

Transportation

Quality of life

Well-Being

Transportation Economics

Quality of Life Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Lifestyle and its Measurements -- The Links between Lifestyle and Transport -- Changes in Lifestyle and Transport in China -- Impacts of Lifestyles on Transport -- Beijing Case -- Story from Rural China -- Impacts of Transport Facilities on Lifestyles -- Policy Recommendations -- Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to provide a complete overview of the current status of lifestyle and transport changes in China, focusing on the ongoing trends in lifestyle and transport technologies, which are shaping a new lifestyle and transport system. An additional focus is to discuss the mechanism behind the influence of transport on lifestyles, and analyze the influence of transport facilities on lifestyles, which will help to give efficient and effective transport solutions. Using macro statistics and survey data from Beijing and Chinese villages and towns, this book explores the interactive development of lifestyle and transportation in China over the past 40 years. The analyses and findings in this book would enhance our existing knowledge of the relationship lifestyle and transport. The policies discussed in the book would provide fresh evidences for policy-making on updating transport services in order to cope with the changes of people’s lifestyle. This book will be of great



interest to scholars and governmental agencies interested in transport development, transport policy, social transition, sustainable transport, urban planning, urban governance, and is relevant to China and other developing countries. .