<p> There is little information on the relationship between industrial decentralization and the suburbanization of blue collar workers in North American cities during the early twentieth century. The purpose of this research paper is to address the question of whether or not blue collar suburbanization preceded industrial decentralization in Hamilton, Ontario. This is done by examining the commuting patterns of an early twentieth century blue collar suburb known as Union Park, located in Hamilton Ontario. The research concludes that blue collar suburbanization preceded industrial decentralization in Hamilton. These findings imply that the frequency of this relationship requires further consideration.</p> / Thesis / Candidate in Philosophy

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This thesis considers the roles that social cognitions play in cycle commuting behaviour. Currently in the field of active travel there is a strong drive towards ecological theories, which often focus on the wider environmental factors that influence cycling. However, research into utilitarian cycling and related physical activities suggests that psychological factors also have an important role to play. In light of the current political climate within the UK and the numerous benefits that cycling for transport can incur, it was deemed important to further explore the role that social cognitions play in the decision to cycle commute. To date, there has been limited psychological research carried out into cycle commuting. Therefore, this thesis initially considers and critiques a number of relevant behavioural theories and psychological variables. The first study used semi-structured interviews along with interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to explore the perception and attitudes of a group of cycle commuters (n = 8) and potential cycle commuters (n = 7) based in a workplace that supports cycling. The interest of this study was to identify if any differences and/or commonalities in social cognitions existed between the two groups. The findings indicated that potential cyclists are less aware of the range of benefits associated with cycling to work, and discussed more challenges and fewer coping strategies than regular and experienced cycle commuters. Whilst the study was inductive in nature, the findings to emerge suggest that cognitive variables involved in cycle commuting behaviour (motivations, barriers and coping strategies) could be aligned with a number of social cognition/ behaviour change theories. The second and third studies were similar in design and used cross-sectional questionnaires to investigate perceptions of barriers (Study 2 & 3), perceptions of benefits (Study 3), self-efficacy (Study 3) and decisional balance scores (Study 3) related to cycle commuting behaviour. These social cognitions were measured in relation to stage of change, gender and job role. Both investigations were carried out in workplaces that support cycling. Study 2 (n = 831) highlighted the important role that perceptions of barriers play in cycle commuting behaviour. Study 3 (n = 337) built on the previous two studies findings and demonstrated that perceived barriers and benefits and self-efficacy associated with cycle commuting were all significant predictors of cycle commuting behaviour, with barriers being the most powerful. The forth and final study used a pre- and post-test control trial design to evaluate a psychologically-orientated intervention that was theoretically based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behaviour. The intervention was designed for people who were contemplating cycling to work. The small-scale intervention evaluation included one pre-test and two post-test measures that were collected over a four month period. The before and after results revealed that the intervention group (n = 17) significantly decreased their perceptions of barriers and progressed closer to action. This may be explained by increases in some of the processes of change that were reported. The control group (n = 16) reported no significant changes in their social cognitions, actions or in their use of the processes of change. These results suggest that the intervention designed, developed and trailed in this thesis is successful at encouraging people to cycle to work. Together, these four studies demonstrate that social cognitions do play an important role in cycle commuting behaviour. Throughout this thesis, perceptions of barriers associated with cycle commuting have shown to play a powerful role in explaining and predicting behaviour. Whilst barriers can be both perceived (subjective) and actual (objective), the small-scale intervention study has demonstrated that by psychological intervention alone perceptions of barriers can be significantly reduced.

Thesis (M. DM)--Unitec New Zealand, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 168-172).

This paper investigates the behavior of bicycle commuters using qualitative behavior research techniques. Bicycle commuters are observed in context of their commute rides and video taped for analysis. Interviews and cognitive mapping processes are used to draw out commuters' perceptions to external activity and their behavior modifications in response. The behavior and perception data are used to illustrate mental models of bicycle commuters: how they differ among riders and how an individual rider's mental model evolves along their commute. A clear understanding of bicycle commuters' mental models and behaviors associated with them can be used to create a framework for development of a tool for self-assessment of commuting experiences.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 1973.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University (Canada), 1996. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 58-06, Section: A, page: 2420. Advisers: B. Baetz; F. L. Hall.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 1991.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Canterbury, 2009. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (p. [192-210]).

Submitted by Fabio Sobreira Campos da Costa (fabio.sobreira@ufpe.br) on 2017-04-27T13:35:51Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação de Economia_Marina Barbosa_2015.pdf: 1173994 bytes, checksum: 56ba2ed2359e0d8717bcb98803a45d70 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-27T13:35:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Dissertação de Economia_Marina Barbosa_2015.pdf: 1173994 bytes, checksum: 56ba2ed2359e0d8717bcb98803a45d70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-02 / FACEPE / A despeito de sua relevância para vida urbana brasileira, há um número bastante reduzido de estudos que tratam dos determinantes do tempo de commuting no Brasil, e ainda menos para a RMRs. Este trabalho fornece, pois,evidênciasa respeito dos condicionantes da mobilidade urbana nos municípios da Região Metropolitana do Recife (RMR), através do estudo do tempo de deslocamento casa-trabalho dos ocupados (tempo de commuting). Para tal, utiliza o instrumental fornecido pela Econometria Espacial aplicado a dados do Censo Demográfico 2010 do IBGE, com corte para Áreas de Ponderação. Considerando a forte dependência espacial associada ao deslocamento nos centros urbanos, foram considerados o Spatial Durbin Model(SDM), que fornece estimativas para dados que apresentam dependência espacial na variável dependente e nas variáveis explicativas, através da inclusão de um termo de defasagem espacial e o Spatial Error Model (SEM), que considera situações em que há autocorrelação espacial no termo de erro. A análise dos testes de dependência espacial mostrou que para a região estudada a dependência espacial ocorre via resíduos e não via defasagem espacial, de modo que os resultados considerados são os do modelo SEM. As evidências obtidas indicam que a distância ao centro e a densidade populacional exercem influência positiva no tempo de commuting, enquanto a renda domiciliar per capita e o percentual de imóveis alugados de cada área têm influência negativa. / Despite its relevance for the brazilian urban life, there are only a few studies which deal with the determinants of the commuting time in Brazil, and even fewer for the metropolitan region of Recife. The present work provides, then, evidence about the urban mobility conditioning for the municipalities of the metropolitan region of Recife (RMR), by studying the homework translation time of the employed (commuting time). To accomplish that, it uses a spatial econometrics framework applied to data provided by the 2010 IBGE Demographic Census, focused on weighting areas. Considering the strong spatial dependence related to the translation in urban centers, we considered the Spatial Durbing Model (SDM), which provides estimates for data that present spatial dependence in the dependent and explanatory variables, through the inclusion of a spatial lag term and the Spatial Error model (SEM), which considers situations in which there are spatial autocorrelation in the error term. The analysis of the spatial dependence tests showed that for the studied region the spatial dependence occurs through the disturbances and not through spatial lag, so that the presented results are from the SEM Model. The evidences obtained indicate that the distance to downtown and the population density positively influence the commuting time, while the median household income and the rented property percentage in each area has a negative influence.