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Hypermobility as a challenge for systems thinking and government policy
Author(s) -
van der Stoep Jan,
Kee Bas
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1743(199711/12)14:6<399::aid-sres133>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - hypermobility (travel) , government (linguistics) , sustainability , quality (philosophy) , space (punctuation) , public policy , business , psychology , economics , political science , computer science , economic growth , epistemology , law , biology , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , operating system
Modern concepts of time, space and man have stimulated the development of mobility as a means of enhancing access to social places. In the current development, however, a tendency towards hypermobility is observable. Hypermobility is excessive mobility that impacts negatively on the actual functioning of the transportation system. Problems of sustainability, accessibility and the quality of life may be viewed not only as limits to the expansion of mobility but also as symptoms of a distorted development affecting the quality of the transportation system itself. In exploring possibilities to overcome hypermobility, this paper implies a challenge for systems thinking and government policy. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.