Thinking Time Geography: Concepts, Methods and Applications

by Kajsa Ellegård

Overview

Time-geography is a mode of thinking that helps in the understanding of change in society, the wider context and ecological consequences of human actions. This book presents its assumptions, concepts and methods, and example applications.

The intellectual path of the Swedish geographer Torsten Hägerstrand is a key foundation for this book. His research contributions are shown in the context of the urbanization of Sweden, involvement in the emerging planning sector and empirical studies on Swedish emigration. Migration and innovation diffusion studies paved the way for prioritizing time and space dimensions and recognizing time and space as unity. From these insights time-geography grew. This book includes the ontological grounds and concepts as well as the specific notation system of time-geography – a visual language for interdisciplinary research and communication. Applications are divided into themes: urban and regional planning; transportation and communication; organization of production and work; everyday life, wellbeing and household division of labor; and ecological sustainability – time-geographic studies on resource use.

This book looks at the outlook for this developing branch of research and the future application of time-geography to societal and academic contexts. Its interdisciplinary nature will be appealing to postgraduates and researchers who are interested in human geography, urban and regional planning and sociology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367585860
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Series:	Routledge Studies in Human Geography
Pages:	172
Sales rank:	702,739
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kajsa Ellegård is Professor in Technology and Social Change, Linköping University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

List of figures vi

List of tables viii

Preface ix

Acknowledgements xi

Part I Introducing the time-geographic approach 1

1 Introduction - origin and societal context 3

2 Ontological grounds 11

3 Time-geographic concepts and notation 25

Part II Applications of the time-geographic approach 49

4 Urban and regional planning 51

5 Transportation and communication research 70

6 Organization of production and work 81

7 Everyday life, wellbeing and household division of labor 103

8 Ecological sustainability - time-geographic studies on resource use 127

Part III Spread, criticism and future 139

9 International spread and criticism 141

10 Time-geography - from the past into the future 151

Index 157