Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?
Unlike literature and studies coming from high-income or Western countries, the existing conducted on the Middle East and North Africa fail to draw a nearly complete image of the characteristics of passenger travel behaviors in the urban areas of the region. This gap necessitates a holistic review o...
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| author | Andraos Joanna Awad Razan Geagea Tony Habib Clara Koberssi Lydia Lahoud Jessica Rabah Majeed Reaidy Farid Eddine Nour Saad Masoumi Houshmand |
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| description | Unlike literature and studies coming from high-income or Western countries, the existing conducted on the Middle East and North Africa fail to draw a nearly complete image of the characteristics of passenger travel behaviors in the urban areas of the region. This gap necessitates a holistic review of the previous studies and comparing their results of those of the international findings. This paper summarizes the status of urban travel behavior studies on the MENA region under eight categories of socioeconomics, land use, perceptions and attitudes, urban sprawl, neighborhood design, public transportation use, active mobility, and new technologies and concepts. Descriptive literature review and desk research depicts both lack of research results or data and differences between the behaviors in the MENA region and the Western countries. Moreover, based on the background review, this paper provides a list of recommendations for having more sustainable mobility in the MENA region. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e223f249470540978ba78da0bffadfbd2022-12-21T23:28:30ZengSciendoTransport and Telecommunication1407-61792021-11-0122442544310.2478/ttj-2021-0033Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?Andraos Joanna0Awad Razan1Geagea Tony2Habib Clara3Koberssi Lydia4Lahoud Jessica5Rabah Majeed6Reaidy Farid7Eddine Nour Saad8Masoumi Houshmand9Ramez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonRamez G. Chagoury Faculty of Architecture, Arts & Design, Nortre Dame University- Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon, P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Louaize, LebanonCenter for Technology and Society, Technische Universität Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 104, 10553Berlin, GermanyUnlike literature and studies coming from high-income or Western countries, the existing conducted on the Middle East and North Africa fail to draw a nearly complete image of the characteristics of passenger travel behaviors in the urban areas of the region. This gap necessitates a holistic review of the previous studies and comparing their results of those of the international findings. This paper summarizes the status of urban travel behavior studies on the MENA region under eight categories of socioeconomics, land use, perceptions and attitudes, urban sprawl, neighborhood design, public transportation use, active mobility, and new technologies and concepts. Descriptive literature review and desk research depicts both lack of research results or data and differences between the behaviors in the MENA region and the Western countries. Moreover, based on the background review, this paper provides a list of recommendations for having more sustainable mobility in the MENA region.https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0033urban transportation planningtravel behaviorland use planningurban formmena region |
| spellingShingle | Andraos Joanna Awad Razan Geagea Tony Habib Clara Koberssi Lydia Lahoud Jessica Rabah Majeed Reaidy Farid Eddine Nour Saad Masoumi Houshmand Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? Transport and Telecommunication urban transportation planning travel behavior land use planning urban form mena region |
| title | Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? |
| title_full | Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? |
| title_fullStr | Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? |
| title_short | Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know? |
| title_sort | urban travel behavior and socio spatial issues in the mena region what do we know |
| topic | urban transportation planning travel behavior land use planning urban form mena region |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0033 |
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