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Deník Vincence Karla Auersperga z cesty do Velké Británie roku 1837 / The Travel Diary of Vincenc Karl Auersperg from his Journey to Great Britain in the Year 1837Rejha, Adam January 2016 (has links)
(in English): This diploma thesis introduces Prince Vincenz Karl Auersperg's travel diary from his journey to Great Britain undertaken in summer 1837 (title on title page: "Vincenz Carl Fürsten v. Auersperg's Reise nach England"). Diploma thesis has theoretical and practical part (in which there is Auersperg's diary edited). Vincenz Karl (1812-1867) was member of wealthy landed nobility. Thesis tries to describe his education, as well as important educator Alexis Du Rieux. Mature work (after 1837) is addressed as well: He is known as owner of Žleby Castle during castle's romantic renovation. He published two political (anonymous) brochures. Importance of the British journey (or traveling in general) in Auersperg's biography has been recognised for a long time, but was not known in detail. Most of the information about his particular British travel we have in diary (it has form of transcripts of letters addressed to his mother): Prince began his journey at the beginning of May in Vienna; stayed in Bruxelles for a week; he stayed in London between May 25th - June 28th ; after that he visited Scotland and Wales; he left Great Britain August 3rd ; he stayed in Paris from August 7th for a few weeks. This thesis also tries to put journey into a broader context. Firstly, it tries to describe it as a grand...
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Analysis and Modelling of Activity-Travel Behaviour of Non-Workers from an Indian CityManoj, M January 2015 (has links) (PDF)
Indian cities have been witnessing rapid transformation due to the synergistic effect of industrialisation, flourishing-economy, motorisation, population explosion, and
migration. The alarming increase in travel demand as an after effect of the
transformation, and the scarcity in transport infrastructures have exacerbated urban
transport issues such as congestion, pollution, and inequity. Due to the escalating cost of transport infrastructure and the scarcity of resources such as space, there has been an increasing interest in promoting sustainable transportation policy measures for the optimum use of existing resources. Such policy measures mostly target the activitytravel behaviour of individuals to bring about desired changes in the transport sector. However, the responses of individuals to most of the measures are complex or unknown. The current ‘commute trip-based’ aggregate travel demand analysis
strategy followed in most of the Indian cities is inadequate for providing basic inputs to understand the activity-travel behaviour of individuals under such policy
interventions. Furthermore, the current analysis strategy also ignores the activitytravel behaviour of non-workers – who include homemakers, unemployed, and retired
individuals – whose inclusion to transportation planning is relevant when the
proposed policies are mostly ‘citizen-centric’.
Analysis of activity-travel behaviour of non-workers provide important
inputs to transportation planning as their activity-travel behaviour, and responses to
transportation policies are different from that of workers. However, case studies
exploring the activity-travel behaviour of non-workers from Indian cities are very
limited. Appraising the practical importance of this subject, the current research
undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the activity-travel behaviour of non-workers
from a developing country’s context. To fulfil the goal, a series of empirical analysis are conducted on a primary activity-travel weekday survey data collected from
Bangalore city. The analysis provides insightful findings and interpretations
consistent with a developing country’s perspective.
The day-planner format of time use diary, which was observed to have satisfactory performances in developed countries, is apparently have inferior performances in a developing country’s context. Further, the face-to-face method of survey administration is observed to have higher operating and economic efficiencies compared to the drop-off and pick-up method.
The comprehensive analysis of activity-travel behaviour of non-workers indicate that comparing with their counterparts in the developed world (e.g. the U.S.),
non-workers in Bangalore city are observed to have lower activity participation level
(in terms of time allocation and number of stops), higher dependency on walking,
lower trip chaining tendency, and a distinct time-of-day preference for departing to
activity locations. On the other hand, the analysis shows similarities (mode use and
trip chaining) and differences (time allocation and departure time choice) with the findings of the case studies from the developing world (e.g. China). Activity-travel behaviour of non-workers belonging to low-income households is characterised by
lower activity participation level, higher dependency on sustainable transport modes,
and lower trip chaining propensity, compared to other two income groups (middle and
high-income groups). The research also suggests that built environment measures
have their highest impacts on non-workers’ travel decisions related to shopping.
Finally, the joint analysis of activity participation and travel behaviour of non-workers indicate that in-home maintenance activity duration drives the time allocation and travel behaviour of non-workers, and non-workers trade in-home discretionary
activity duration with travel time. The joint analysis also shows that the time spent on
children’s and elders’ activity is an important time allocation of its own.
Keywords: Activity-travel behaviour, Non-worker, Time Use, Income Groups, India
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La réception de l'architecture française aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles par les contemporains : témoignages écrits et graphiques. / The reception of French architecture in the 16th and 17th centuries by French and foreign contemporaries : descriptions and mental imagesChambrier, Pauline 29 November 2010 (has links)
Sans conteste, la réception de l'architecture française aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles par les contemporains français et étrangers manque à l'étude. Les visiteurs restent mal connus bien qu'ils soient les spectateurs de grandes manifestation architecturales. Leurs descriptions et leurs représentations des palais, des châteaux, mais aussi des églises, des ponts, des fortifications, des jardins et de leurs semblables permettent pourtant, une fois rassemblées, de définir le goût architectural d'une époque et d'une nation. Il était par conséquent primordial de constituer un corpus des textes et des images des XVIe et XVIIe siècles relatifs à l'architecture française et de l'analyser dans le détail. Les textes manuscrits, imprimés et les représentations graphiques laissés par les historiens, les antiquaires et les géographes, ainsi que les récits de voyages et les journaux rédigés par des notables curieux , des étudiants, voire des anonymes furent pris en compte pour répondre à trois grandes questions : qui sont les acteurs de cette réception, quelles sont les conditions de leurs visites et quels sont, à leurs yeux, les plus excellents bâtiments de France. Ces questions, si évidentes puissent-elles paraître, n'ont jamais été abordées. Or elles forment des clefs de lecture qu'il ne faut plus ignorer, d'autant qu'elles dissimulent des détails sur l'architecture qui s'avèrent nouveaux, uniques, incontournables. / The reception of French architecture in the 16th and 17th centuries by French and foreign contemporaries is unquestionably lacking. Visitors remain unknown, even though they are the spectators of great architectural shows. Their descriptions and mental images of palaces and stately homes, and also of churches, bridges, fortifications, gardens and their like, however, once reassembled enable one, to define the architectural flavour of a period and of a nation. It was thus essential to build up a coprus of texts and images of the 16th and 17th centuries and to analyse them in detail. Handwritten texts, printed documents and graphic representations left behind by antique dealers and geographers as well as travel diaries and newspapers written by inquiring notaries, scholars or even anonymous people were all analysed in an attempt to answer three important questions, namely who are the people behind this reception? In which conditions did their vsits take place? And in their view, what are the most outstanding buildings in France? However self-evident these questions may seem, they have never been tackled. And yet they form the clues to our reading which must no longer be ignored, even more so as they conceal the details of architecture which transpires to be new, unique, and not to be missed.
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Everyday Mobility and Travel Activities during the first years of Retirement / Vardagsmobilitet och resande under de första åren som pensionärBerg, Jessica January 2016 (has links)
Mobility is central to living an independent life, to participating in society, and to maintaining well-being in later life. The point of departure in this thesis is that retirement implies changes in time-space use and interruption in routines, which influence demands and preconditions for mobility in different ways. The aim of this thesis is to explore mobility strategies and changes in mobility upon retirement and how mobility develops during the first years of retirement. A further aim is to provide knowledge of the extent to which newly retired people maintain a desired mobility based on their needs and preconditions. The thesis is empirically based on travel diaries kept by newly retired people, and qualitative interviews with the same persons, and follow-up interviews three and a half years later. The results show that mobility is a way of forming a structure in the new everyday life as retirees by getting out of the house, either just for a walk or to do errands. Many patterns of everyday life remain the same upon retirement, but the informants also merge new responsibilities and seek new social arenas and activities. As a result, the importance of the car have not changed, but it is used for other reasons than before. After leaving paid work, new space-time constraints are created which influences demands for mobility. The study further shows that “third places” become important, especially among those who live alone, as they give an opportunity to being part of a social context and a reason for getting out of the house. The follow-up interviews revealed that declining health changes the preconditions for mobility. Daily walks had to be made shorter, and the car had to be used for most errands to where they previously could walk or cycle. However, mobility can also be maintained despite a serious illness and a long period of rehabilitation. / Mobilitet är en förutsättning för oberoende, delaktighet och välbefinnande när man åldras. Utgångspunkten i avhandlingen är att pensioneringen innebär tidsrumsliga förändringar och brott i rutiner som på olika sätt påverkar människors behov av att resa och deras förutsättningar för mobilitet. Syftet med avhandlingen är att utforska mobilitetsstrategier och förändringar i mobilitet i samband med pensioneringen samt hur mobiliteten utvecklas under de första åren som pensionär. Ambitionen är att öka kunskapen om i vilken utsträckning nya pensionärer upprätthåller en önskad mobilitet utifrån deras egna behov och förutsättningar. Avhandlingen baseras empiriskt på resedagböcker som nyblivna pensionärer har fört och kvalitativa intervjuer med samma personer, samt uppföljningsintervjuer tre och ett halvt år senare. Resultaten visar att mobiliteten är en strategi för att skapa en struktur i vardagen som pensionär genom att komma hemifrån, t.ex. för att ta en promenad eller för att uträtta ärenden. Många vardagsmönster behålls vid pensioneringen men informanterna finner också nya åtaganden och söker nya sociala arenor och aktiviteter. Betydelsen av bilen har inte förändrats men den används av andra anledningar än tidigare. Vid pensioneringen skapas andra tidsrumsliga begränsningar vilka inverkar på efterfrågan på mobilitet. Resultaten visa också att "tredje platser" blir viktiga, särskilt bland dem som lever ensamma, eftersom de ger en möjlighet att vara en del av ett socialt sammanhang och en anledning att komma hemifrån. Uppföljningsintervjuerna visade att förutsättningarna för mobilitet förändras när hälsan försämras. Promenaderna blir kortare och bilen används i högre utsträckning för de ärenden dit de tidigare kunde gå eller cykla. Men trots allvarliga sjukdomar och långa perioder av rehabilitering kan mobiliteten upprätthållas.
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Women’s Perceived Safety on Public Transport Journeys : A Qualitative Study / Kvinnors trygghet under kollektivtrafikresor : En kvalitativ studieBergdahl, Lina January 2019 (has links)
Women feel more fear than men in public space and when using public transport. This is an inequality in our society which limits women’s mobility and access to public goods. This study aims to qualitatively explore how women experience their public transport trips from a perceived safety perspective in a study of Gullmarsplan. Which elements women focus on during the trips and what they perceive as unsafe was explored, as well as what behaviors and strategies women use to manage their fear of crime. This was explored by first collecting travel diaries using a whole journey approach and then by narrowing the study down to performing walk-alongs in the walking environment at Gullmarsplan. The study found that women focus mostly on the social environment and that their reflections on the physical environment usually are related to perceived indicators of social incivilities and risk of victimization. Gullmarsplan was generally perceived as quite safe during the day but during evenings and nights most women avoided certain places which usually were secluded, difficult to survey or were perceived to attract dangerous others. Defensive adaptation strategies, mainly avoidance strategies and vigilance, were found to be the most commonly used safety strategies by women. Women’s fear of crime likely cannot be completely designed away in the physical environment but will require structural changes that promote gender equality in our society. With that noted, it is important that urban planners and designers are aware of how the physical environment affects women’s perceived safety. This study found that principles of CPTED generally made women feel safer, particularly important were good lighting and natural surveillance. Green spaces such as parks were found to often be avoided by women after dark. The geographical location and use of safety principles such as CPTED is thus especially important at such locations. Urban planners and designers have the power to shape public spaces that are accessible and safe. Public policies and design that promote equality in access to and use of public space is a feature of a more just democratic society.
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Johann Friedrich von Uffenbach. Sammler – Stifter – Wissenschaftler / Johann Friedrich von Uffenbach. Collector - Donor - ScientistMeyerhöfer, Dietrich 28 January 2020 (has links)
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