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<p>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.</p>
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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.

Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?

Department of Transport and Supply Chain Management, College of Business and Economics

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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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...

Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?

Publicado en línea: 20 nov 2021

Páginas: 425 - 443

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0033

Palabras clave
Urban transportation planning, travel behavior, land use planning, urban form, MENA region

© 2021 Joanna Andraos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Urban Travel Behavior and Socio-Spatial Issues in the Mena Region: What Do We Know?

Publicado en línea: 20 nov 2021

Páginas: 425 - 443

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ttj-2021-0033

Palabras claveUrban transportation planning, travel behavior, land use planning, urban form, MENA region

© 2021 Joanna Andraos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Urban transportation planning, travel behavior, land use planning, urban form, MENA region