Abstract
Urban areas are geographically dispersed. There are built-in distances between housing, jobs and services. These distances call for mobility and fast means of conveyance. Society is dominated by and dependent on motoring. Cars have a negative impact on the environment and prognoses indicate an increase in the amount of travelling. The aim of this dissertation is to explain why travel behaviour with negative environmental consequences develops in the city. Special attention is paid to the role of urban structures. This is studied from two perspectives; that of the population, where the households’ everyday life and choices of means of conveyance are focused, and that of the planners, where local politicians’ and professional planners’ conceptions of the needs and travel behaviour of the population are focused. Theories of how groups of the population get different conditions in their everyday life through differentiation and housing conditions are used. With these theories the basis is laid for an analysis of the possibilities and restrictions that the households meet in their everyday life and the modes of travelling to which they contribute. With the theories of planning the basis is laid for an analysis of how politicians and professional planners view their role in relation to the population and what are the conditions for planning. For the empirical part Malmö is chosen as an area of study. The study of the population is based on in-depth interviews with 25 households in two different parts of Malmö; the study of the planners is based on in-depth interviews with 22 local politicians and professional planners. The analysis deals with the interface between the planning and the actual utilization of the city. Issues analysed are the competition between local and external service centres, motoring and the possibilities to counteract it and inequality in mobility as a consequence of the spread of urban areas. From this study it may be concluded that at present there are not enough forces counteracting the spread of urban areas and increased motoring.
Translated title of the contribution | Town and Travelling: The interface between planning and everyday life |
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Original language | Swedish |
Qualification | Doctor |
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Award date | 2003 Jan 16 |
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ISBN (Print) | 91-7267-123-8 |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Defence detailsDate: 2003-01-16
Time: 10:15
Place: Carolinasalen, Lund
External reviewer(s)
Name: Hjorthol, Randi
Title: Dr.
Affiliation: Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo, Norway
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Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Anthropology, Demography and Criminology)
Free keywords
- travelling
- qualitative research
- behaviour
- everyday life
- time
- planning
- motoring
- public transport
- service
- sociology
- segregation
- Sociology
- environment