Samenvatting
This chapter examines major international trends that will have a determining impact on the future of travel-behaviour research, namely the emerging environmental, socioeconomic/demographic, and technological contexts. The implication of these contexts as both individual and societal levels are discussed with particular reference to the findings presented at the 1991 Quebec conference, including the other papers in this book. The future of travel-behaviour research is expected to be radically different from what has taken place in the previous three decades, partly because these merging contexts compel researchers to adopt new paradigms for behavioural research, and partly because of major developments in the tools available. (A)