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  • 1
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    When is Commuting Desirable to the Individual? (2004)
    Oxford, UK and Malden, USA : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Growth and change 35 (2004), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1468-2257
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Geography , Economics
    Notes:   Commuting is popularly viewed as a stressful, costly, time-wasting experience from the individual perspective, with the attendant congestion imposing major social costs as well. However, several authors have noted that commuting can also offer benefits to the individual, serving as a valued transition between the home and work realms of personal life. Using survey data collected from about 1,300 commuting workers in three San Francisco Bay Area neighborhoods, empirical models are developed for four key variables measured for commute travel, namely: Objective Mobility, Subjective Mobility, Travel Liking, and Relative Desired Mobility. Explanatory variables include measures of general travel-related attitudes, personality traits, lifestyle priorities, and sociodemographic characteristics. Both descriptive statistics and analytical models indicate that commuting is not the unmitigated burden that it is widely perceived to be. About half of the sample were relatively satisfied with the amount they commute, with a small segment actually wanting to increase that amount. Both the psychological impact of commuting, and the amounts people want to commute relative to what they are doing now, are strongly influenced by their liking for commuting. An implication for policy is that some people may be more resistant than expected toward approaches intended to induce reductions in commuting (including, for example, telecommuting). New creativity may be needed to devise policies that recognize the inherent positive utility of travel, while trying to find socially beneficial ways to fulfill desires to maintain or increase travel.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2257.2004.00252.x
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    Is telecommuting cheaper than travel? An examination of interaction costs in a business setting (1991)
    Springer
    Transportation 18 (1991), S. 291-318 
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    ISSN: 1572-9435
    Keywords: Interaction costs ; business setting ; teleconference ; video conference ; telephone ; substitution
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: Abstract This paper presents an analysis of telecommunications and travel costs for typical business meetings. It is contribution to the debate on the substitutability of telecommunications for travel. An underlying assumption which supports the substitution hypothesis is that the cost of traversing distance through the use of telecommunication is lower than the cost of travelling. This paper addresses the relative cost of telecommunications and travel in conducting interactions. Three factors are assumed to determine these costs: distance, duration of interaction and number of participants. The analysis assumes that cost alone affects choice, and ignores other communication qualities. The relationship between telecommunication and travel costs was tested quantitatively through a case study of typical business meetings in the U.S., based on data from 1988. The results show that travel costs are lower than telecommunication costs for shorter distances, and that the relationship between telecommunications and travel costs differs substantially as a function of number of participants and meeting duration. Because of ongoing rapid changes in the costs of both of these interaction modes, the complex competition between them will continue. The implications of the findings for location decisions and policy-making are discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00186562
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    Geographical variations in telecommunications systems: the implications for location of activities (1987)
    Springer
    Transportation 14 (1987), S. 311-327 
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    ISSN: 1572-9435
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
    Notes: Abstract Telecommunications accommodate the transmission of information at steadily decreasing costs, especially when compared to transport. This is of growing importance as economies move toward increased reliance on information as an economic, social and political resource. A common notion on the spatial impacts of new telecommunications systems is that they will contribute to the elimination of regional inequalities. Specifically, entry by high-tech industries and information-intensive activities is believed to be facilitated by telecommunications, and in turn, foster development. A preliminary question undelying this notion is whether such systems do in fact create an “equal opportunity space”? Evidence from Israel, supported by findings from other countries, demonstrate that the telephone system, still the back-bone of telecommunications systems, does not offer equal access across space. This holds true for both intea-urban and inter-regional scales. The findings suggest that reduced telecommunications costs do not have a major impact on changing the relative weights of location factors. The interplay of demand, supply and government intervention indicates that the disadvantage of distance will persist in the information era.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00145754
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    Transportation and telecommunications costs (1991)
    Springer
    The annals of regional science 25 (1991), S. 19-39 
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    ISSN: 1432-0592
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography , Economics
    Notes: Abstract The decreasing costs of telecommunications and the often increasing costs of transportation have given rise to claims that information-intensive activities are becoming footloose. One of the assumptions underlying these claims is that the cost of distance in telecommunications is negligible or very low. This paper examines the relationship between distance and interaction (telecommunications and transportation) costs and rates, with particular emphasis on the effects of geographical scale. Focusing on data from Israel, it demonstrates that the costs of distance are persistent even in telecommunications systems; that for short distances or small regions, transportation costs are not necessarily higher than telecommunications costs; and that pricing of telecommunications services by governments (or PTT's) often does not reflect the costs of providing the services. This creates a cost distribution which differs from Euclidean geographical distances: discontinuities in the rate structure of telecommunications distort the distance-cost schedules and, by creating barriers, may affect location decisions. The paper also demonstrates that actual interaction costs are context specific and therefore no general model has been formulated. Instead, an accounting procedure, which can be used by decision-makers considering (re)location in specific contexts, is suggested.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01581895
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    Telecommunications, cities and technological opportunism (1996)
    Springer
    The annals of regional science 30 (1996), S. 75-90 
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    ISSN: 1432-0592
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography , Economics
    Notes: Abstract The advent of telecommunications and the emergence of the ‘information age’ have given rise to great expectations regarding urban change. The paper examines the assumptions underlying the claims for change and distinguishes between processes which may alter the structure of the city and those which change the functions of cities. In the former, it examines the assumptions underlying the decentralization-concentration hypotheses, suggesting that there is no deterministic effect of telecommunications, and that the structure of cities is largely affected by the persistent need for physical transport. Telecommunications can be used by agents to exercise greater flexibility in location decisions. At the global scale, the emergence of the world cities is facilitated by telecommunications, but only few cities are likely to gain this status. The effects of telecommunications on urban form and function are mostly the result of opportunities seized by individual agents and not by deterministic or naive policy approaches.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01580538
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    Telecommunications, cities and technological opportunism (1996)
    Springer
    The annals of regional science 30 (1996), S. 75-90 
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    ISSN: 1432-0592
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography , Economics
    Notes: Abstract. The advent of telecommunications and the emergence of the ’information age‘ have given rise to great expectations regarding urban change. The paper examines the assumptions underlying the claims for change and distinguishes between processes which may alter the structure of the city and those which change the functions of cities. In the former, it examines the assumptions underlying the decentralization-concentration hypotheses, suggesting that there is no deterministic effect of telecommunications, and that the structure of cities is largely affected by the persistent need for physical transport. Telecommunications can be used by agents to exercise greater flexibility in location decisions. At the global scale, the emergence of the world cities is facilitated by telecommunications, but only few cities are likely to gain this status. The effects of telecommunications on urban form and function are mostly the result of opportunities seized by individual agents and not by deterministic or naive policy approaches.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01580538
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    Barriers in spatial interactions and communications (1990)
    Springer
    The annals of regional science 24 (1990), S. 237-252 
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    ISSN: 1432-0592
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography , Economics
    Notes: Abstract Barriers are defined as discontinuities in the broadly defined marginal costs of communication, usually leading to a discontinuity in interaction. This paper addresses conceptual issues about barriers to communication. Several typologies of barriers are given. For example, according to the degree of permeability, barriers may discourage interaction, or may even be entirely impermeable, but examples may also be given of barriers which stimulate communication in one or both directions. Another typology of barriers addresses reasons of existence, including natural barriers, barriers created for protection purposes, barriers created for reasons of convenience, etc. The paper concludes with a number of suggestions for further research on communication barriers.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01580472
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    Methodological issues in the estimation of the travel, energy, and air quality impacts of telecommuting (1995)
    Elsevier
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    Publication Date: 1995-07-01
    Print ISSN: 0965-8564
    Electronic ISSN: 1879-2375
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography
    Published by Elsevier
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    Modeling the desire to telecommute: The importance of attitudinal factors in behavioral models (1997)
    Elsevier
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    Publication Date: 1997-01-01
    Print ISSN: 0965-8564
    Electronic ISSN: 1879-2375
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography
    Published by Elsevier
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    Telecommunications and travel relationships: a review (1986)
    Elsevier
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    Publication Date: 1986-05-01
    Print ISSN: 0191-2607
    Electronic ISSN: 1878-3813
    Topics: Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying , Geography
    Published by Elsevier
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