Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic meant that people had to perform most of their daily activities from home. This study intends to investigate if a period of working from home has changed living preferences concerning housing size and location. The data was collected through a web-based survey. The literature i...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic meant that people had to perform most of their daily activities from home. This study intends to investigate if a period of working from home has changed living preferences concerning housing size and location. The data was collected through a web-based survey. The literature is divided regarding the potential benefits of reduced commuting due to increased home office utilization. There is a prevalent risk of rebound effects as saved travel time might lead to increased travel on leisure, which could counterweight the benefits of reduced daily commuting in cities. Most of the respondents in this study want to work from home 2-3 days a week. The respondents that desire to move to a less central location state the lower square meter price as one important reason. Analyses in prevailing research did not investigate the preference for larger homes combined with increased home office use. Future studies should also investigate the desire for larger homes to achieve a holistic evaluation of the emissions related to telecommuting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-af073f8164894d3182fbfd0e3885184d2025-08-20T02:51:39ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822022-12-0138620–629620–62910.14311/APP.2022.38.06205546Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19Oskar Fahlstedt0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2478-2193Winnie Ma1Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 7A, 7034, Trondheim, NorwayNorwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 7A, 7034, Trondheim, NorwayThe COVID-19 pandemic meant that people had to perform most of their daily activities from home. This study intends to investigate if a period of working from home has changed living preferences concerning housing size and location. The data was collected through a web-based survey. The literature is divided regarding the potential benefits of reduced commuting due to increased home office utilization. There is a prevalent risk of rebound effects as saved travel time might lead to increased travel on leisure, which could counterweight the benefits of reduced daily commuting in cities. Most of the respondents in this study want to work from home 2-3 days a week. The respondents that desire to move to a less central location state the lower square meter price as one important reason. Analyses in prevailing research did not investigate the preference for larger homes combined with increased home office use. Future studies should also investigate the desire for larger homes to achieve a holistic evaluation of the emissions related to telecommuting.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/8306covid-19teleworkingtelecommutingemissions |
| spellingShingle | Oskar Fahlstedt Winnie Ma Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19 Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings covid-19 teleworking telecommuting emissions |
| title | Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19 |
| title_full | Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19 |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19 |
| title_short | Investigating the change in preference of living and transport during COVID-19 |
| title_sort | investigating the change in preference of living and transport during covid 19 |
| topic | covid-19 teleworking telecommuting emissions |
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