Spatial Mobility Survey Framework for Bucharest-Ilfov Metropolitan Area: A Life-course Approach

The collapse of the socialist bloc in late 1989 exposed Romania to the global economy to certain degrees, restructuring its internal economic market, as well as political and administrative structures, bringing significant changes to the structural and functional characteristics of urban areas. As t...

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Published in:Romanian journal of population studies 2020-03, Vol.13 (2), p.25-34
Main Authors: Tosa, Cristian, Miwa, Tomio, Morikawa, Takayuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Built environment
Cooperation
Data collection
Demography
Design of experiments
Economic conditions
Economic growth
Economics
Education
Employment
Environmental impact
Experimental design
Global economy
Households
Impact analysis
Interdisciplinary aspects
Metropolitan areas
Mobility
Polls & surveys
Public Administration
Public Law
Questionnaires
Residence
Socioeconomic factors
Sociology
Structure-function relationships
Transportation
Travel
Trends
Urban areas
Urban environments
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Summary:The collapse of the socialist bloc in late 1989 exposed Romania to the global economy to certain degrees, restructuring its internal economic market, as well as political and administrative structures, bringing significant changes to the structural and functional characteristics of urban areas. As the built environment and socio-economic characteristics exert significant impact on travel behavior, in order to better understand it, the field of transportation research requires longitudinal data. A methodological framework was developed to grasp biographical processes of individuals living in the metropolitan area of Bucharest-Ilfov. Data was collected by means of an online life-course retrospective survey among a representative sample within the area of interest. Our study lays out the experimental design, as well as the data collection process of the personal history dynamics between 1989 and 2016, considering locations of residence, education and employment, as well as the associated travel behavior. The framework intends to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the research of life-course events and their impact on the built environment. The findings might reveal the potential to make sound and significant forecasts when accounting for demography dynamics and assist stakeholders’ cooperation toward adequate urban and regional policies.
ISSN:1843-5998
DOI:10.24193/RJPS.2019.2.02