Time Geography in the Global Context: An Anthology

193 Pages·2018·15.24 MB·English

by  Kajsa Ellegård

Routledge Studies in Human Geography
TIME GEOGRAPHY IN THE
GLOBAL CONTEXT
AN ANTHOLOGY
Edited by
Kajsa Ellegård
Time Geography in the Global Context
Time-geography is a mode of thinking that helps us understand change processes
in society, the wider context and the ecological consequences of human actions.
This book brings together international time-geographic research from a range of
disciplines.
Swedish geographer Torsten Hägerstrand is a key foundation for this book,
and an introductory biography charts the influences that led to the formation of
his theories. A central theme across time-geography research is recognizing time
and space as unity. Contributions from the Netherlands, the USA, Japan, China,
Norway and Sweden showcase the diverse palette of time-geography research.
Chapters study societies adjusting to rapid urbanization, or investigate the need
for structural changes in childcare organization. The book also delves into green
transportation and the interplay between humans and nature in landscape trans-
formation. Applicational chapters look at ICT effects on young people’s daily life
and methods for engaging clients in treatment practice.
This book situates the outlook for this developing branch of research and the
application of time-geography to societal and academic contexts. Its interdisci-
plinary nature will appeal to postgraduates and researchers who are interested in
human geography, urban and regional planning and sociology.
Kajsa Ellegård is Professor in Technology and Social Change, Linköping
University, Sweden.
Routledge Studies in Human Geography
This series provides a forum for innovative, vibrant, and critical debate within
human geography. Titles will reflect the wealth of research which is taking place
in this diverse and ever-expanding field. Contributions will be drawn from the
main sub-disciplines and from innovative areas of work which have no particular
sub-disciplinary allegiances.
New Geographies of the Globalized World
Edited by Marcin Wojciech Solarz
Creative Placemaking
Research, Theory and Practice
Edited by Cara Courage and Anita McKeown
Living with the Sea
Knowledge, Awareness and Action
Edited by Mike Brown and Kimberley Peters
Time Geography in the Global Context
An Anthology
Edited by Kajsa Ellegård
Space, Grief and Bereavement
Consolationscapes
Edited by Christoph Jedan, Avril Maddrell and Eric Venbrux
The Crisis of Global Youth Unemployment
Edited by Tamar Mayer, Sujata Moorti and Jamie K. McCallum
Thinking Time Geography
Concepts, Methods and Applications
Kajsa Ellegård
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Time Geography in the
Global Context
An Anthology
Edited by Kajsa Ellegård
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Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables ix
List of contributors x
1 Introduction: The roots and diffusion of time-geography 1
KAJSA ELLEGÅRD
2 Time-geography in Japan: Its application to urban life 19
KOHEI OKAMOTO AND YOSHIO ARAI
3 The time-geographic approach in research on urban
China’s transition 41
YANWEI CHAI, YAN ZHANG AND YIMING TAN
4 Green, healthy time-geography: Using time-geographic
concepts for sustainable mobility research 75
HARVEY J. MILLER, YING SONG AND CALVIN P. TRIBBY
5 Bringing the background to the fore: Time-geography and
the study of mobile ICTs in everyday life 96
EVA THULIN AND BERTIL VILHELMSON
6 A relational interpretation of time-geography 113
MARTIN DIJST
7 The time-geographic diary method in studies of
everyday life 135
EVA MAGNUS
vi Contents
8 What about landscape in time-geography?
The role of the landscape concept in Torsten
Hägerstrand’s thinking 155
TOMAS GERMUNDSSON AND CARL-JOHAN SANGLERT
Index 176
Figures
1.1 Time, with its past, now and future 6
2.1 Teruo Ishimizu (1932–2005) 19
2.2 Extension of densely inhabited districts (DIDs) from 1960 to
2000 in the Tokyo metropolitan area 22
2.3 Schedules for orders and deliveries for a convenience store chain 24
2.4 Daily paths of (a) husbands and (b) wives living in Nisshin,
a Nagoya suburb 25
2.5 Spatial distribution of workplaces for husbands and wives
living in Kawagoe, a suburb of Tokyo 26
2.6 Female employment rate by age-group in 1985 and 2016
(whole of Japan) 28
2.7 Spatial distribution of workplaces for husbands and
wives living in three Chinese cities 31
2.8 Daily paths for parents and children living in a
metropolitan suburb 35
3.1 The daily paths of a husband and wife from the same
household living in different contexts of Lanzhou and Hiroshima
city on a weekday 51
3.2 The daily paths of husband, wife, and child of the same household
living in a large danwei (left) and a small danwei (right) 52
3.3 The spatial-temporal structure of daily activity pattern by
different groups on the weekday in Lanzhou, China in 1992 54
3.4 Space-time path of residents in different types of
neighborhoods in Beijing 55
3.5 The space-time distribution of work activity of residents
living in different types of neighborhoods in Beijing, 2007 56
3.6 Re-conceptualizing the representation of the individual life path 59
3.7 Empirical case study of combining the life path and daily path and
focusing on the important impacts of life events 60
viii Figures
4.1 Truncated Brownian bridges simulation of visit probabilities
over time within a space-time prism 80
4.2 Brownian motion simulation of NTP visit probabilities over time 81
4.3 Semi-Markov simulation of NTP visit probabilities over time 82
4.4 Estimated mean speed profiles for the Phoenix, AZ, USA
road network 83
4.5 Distribution of expected CO emissions (mg/s) at selected times
2
within an NTP 84
4.6 Density map of GPS points associated with new transit riders 87
4.7 A classification system for summarizing walkability within
activity spaces 89
4.8 Comparing walkability summary measures for activity spaces
versus census blocks 90
4.9 Comparing self-defined neighborhood with a walking
activity space 91
5.1 The location of online activity, in the foreground and background 103
5.2 Online background activities associated with foreground activities 104
5.3 Typical strategies for managing background and
foreground activities 107
6.1 Existential feelings and relational needs 120
6.2 Time-space paths of organic and inorganic entities 123
6.3 Relational strings in the time-space 125
7.1 The graphs of the diary of Agnes 138
8.1 Relationship between the inner and outer world and between
past and present, all coming together in the “now-point” 168
Tables
2.1 Articles selected for inclusion in Anthology of Time-Geography 22
2.2 Average Monday schedules for husbands at home and work in
1990 in Kawagoe and Nisshin 27
2.3 Number of trips and total out-of-home activity time per capita
in different cities 30
2.4 Changes in the number of articles written in Japanese that
include the term “time-geography” 33
2.5 Excess of in-migration over out-migration by age in the
city of Nagareyama in 2014 36
3.1 The history of time-geography in China 48
4.1 Contrasting approaches to mobility planning 77
4.2 Research hypotheses about expected changes in physical
activity time if public transit generates new physical activity 86
5.1 Online time use for various activities/purposes, both foreground
and background 101
7.1 The diary of Agnes, Monday 137