Vollbrandt, J. (2021) Built environment, travel behaviour and subjective well-being - Exploring gender differences in the city of Groningen. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
The impact of subjective spatial characteristics on travel behaviour and subjective well-being has received increasing attention over the past decades due its implications for spatial planning. However, less emphasis has been put on gender differences in this respect. Using primary data collected via an online tool, this paper examines the impact of subjective built environment (BE) characteristics on the neighbourhood level on travel behaviour and subjective well-being (SWB) with correlation tests. The results suggest that various built environment characteristics correlate positively with subjective well-being. The exact BE aspects and the strengths of the correlation differs between women and men. Additionally, for men travel time for active travel also correlates positively with subjective well-being. The influence of the built environment on travel behaviour varies as well between the genders, with much more BE items influence travel related outcomes of the women. These results should inform policy makers when designing neighbourhood layouts that women and men value various spatial characteristics differently and that the characteristics influence the travel behaviour of both genders differently. Future studies of the built environment should try to confirm these findings in a different or larger spatial setting and using a bigger sample, and should include a mediator model accounting for travel behaviour.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Ramezani, S. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Nov 2021 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2021 08:41 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3698 |
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