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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Autores principales: 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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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:e223f249470540978ba78da0bffadfbd2021-12-05T14:11:11ZUrban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?1407-617910.2478/ttj-2021-0033https://doaj.org/article/e223f249470540978ba78da0bffadfbd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0033https://doaj.org/toc/1407-6179Unlike 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.Andraos JoannaAwad RazanGeagea TonyHabib ClaraKoberssi LydiaLahoud JessicaRabah MajeedReaidy FaridEddine Nour SaadMasoumi HoushmandSciendoarticleurban transportation planningtravel behaviorland use planningurban formmena regionTransportation and communicationK4011-4343ENTransport and Telecommunication, Vol 22, Iss 4, Pp 425-443 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic urban transportation planning
travel behavior
land use planning
urban form
mena region
Transportation and communication
K4011-4343
spellingShingle urban transportation planning
travel behavior
land use planning
urban form
mena region
Transportation and communication
K4011-4343
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?
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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author Andraos Joanna
Awad Razan
Geagea Tony
Habib Clara
Koberssi Lydia
Lahoud Jessica
Rabah Majeed
Reaidy Farid
Eddine Nour Saad
Masoumi Houshmand
author_facet Andraos Joanna
Awad Razan
Geagea Tony
Habib Clara
Koberssi Lydia
Lahoud Jessica
Rabah Majeed
Reaidy Farid
Eddine Nour Saad
Masoumi Houshmand
author_sort Andraos Joanna
title 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_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_sort urban travel behavior and socio-spatial issues in the mena region: what do we know?
publisher Sciendo
publishDate 2021
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