Frank Witlox

Prof. Dr. Frank Witlox

Social and Economic Geography Research group, Department of Geography, Ghent University, S8 9000 Gent, Belgium
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32Years (1995-Present)

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8 July 2013 in Transport Reviews
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JVJonas De Vos
Jonas De Vos
TSTim Schwanen
Tim Schwanen
VAVeronique Van Acker
Veronique Van Acker
Frank WitloxFrank Witlox
Frank Witlox
Subjectively experienced well-being has recently attracted increased attention in transport and mobility studies. However, these studies are still in their infancy and many of the multifarious links between travel behaviour and well-being are still under-examined; most studies only focus on one aspect of this link (i.e. travel satisfaction). In this paper, we give an overview of studies concerning travel and well-being, focusing on results, methods and gaps in present research. We suggest that travel behaviour affects well-being through experiences during (destination-oriented) travel, activity participation enabled by travel, activities during (destination-oriented) travel, trips where travel is the activity and through potential travel (or motility). The majority of empirical studies to date have been based on hedonic views of well-being, where pleasure and satisfaction are seen as the ultimate goal in life. They have paid little attention to eudaimonic views of well-being, which emphasise the realisation of one's true potential, although this form of well-being can also be influenced by travel behaviour. We also argue that longer-term decisions, such as residential location choices, can affect well-being through travel. Travel options differ between different kinds of neighbourhoods, which can result in different levels of (feelings of) freedom and consequently different levels of subjective well-being. Since studies at present only show a subset of the travel behaviour–well-being interactions, we conclude the paper with an agenda for future research.

1 January 2019 in Travel Behaviour and Society
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LCLong Cheng
Long Cheng
XCXuewu Chen
Xuewu Chen
JVJonas De Vos
Jonas De Vos
XLXinjun Lai
Xinjun Lai
Frank WitloxFrank Witlox
Frank Witlox

8 July 2016 in Sustainability
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NBNicole Van Buren
Nicole Van Buren
MDMarjolein Demmers
Marjolein Demmers
Rob Van Der HeijdenRob Van Der Heijden
Rob Van Der Heijden
Frank WitloxFrank Witlox
Frank Witlox
While there is great potential in the chief values and prospects of a circular economy, this alone will not bring the circular economy to market or scale. In order for a circular economy to materialize, an integrated approach that focuses on a long-term system change or transition is required. To set the change process in motion, many (public and private) players (companies, authorities, citizens, and research institutions) need to be involved. Among the many stakeholders, a genuine enabler to implement a successful and sustainable circular strategy is the logistics industry. Given that The Netherlands is used as a case study, in this paper, we focus on the Dutch logistics industry and how this industry can contribute to the broader Dutch agenda to realize a more circular economy. It implies looking at the specific transition agenda for the logistics industry in relation to a circular economy, what barriers may exist that might hamper such a transition, and how public policy-makers are dealing with and can tackle these barriers.

14 May 2015 in Transportation
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JVJonas De Vos
Jonas De Vos
PMPatricia L. Mokhtarian
Patricia L. Mokhtarian
TSTim Schwanen
Tim Schwanen
VAVeronique Van Acker
Veronique Van Acker
Frank WitloxFrank Witlox
Frank Witlox

7 January 2010 in Transport Reviews
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VAVeronique Van Acker
Veronique Van Acker
BWBert Van Wee
Bert Van Wee
Frank WitloxFrank Witlox
Frank Witlox
Many studies model the effects of the built environment on travel behaviour. Usually, results are controlled for socio‐economic differences and sometimes socio‐psychological differences among respondents. However, these studies do not mention why after all a relationship should exist between travel behaviour and spatial, socio‐economic and personality characteristics. Answering this query involves combining and linking theories stemming from transport geography (e.g. time geography, activity‐based approach) and social psychology (e.g. Theory of Planned Behaviour, Theory of Repeated Behaviour). Using key‐variables from these theories, this paper aims to develop a conceptual model for travel behaviour. Comparable to customary theories in transport geography, this conceptual model considers travel behaviour as derived from locational behaviour and activity behaviour. But the conceptual model adds concepts such as ‘lifestyle’, ‘perceptions’, ‘attitudes’ and ‘preferences’ which indirectly influence travel behaviour.