Publications

Karl Samuelsson, S. Anders Brandt, Stephan Barthel, Noah Linder, Nancy Joy Lim, David Hallman, Matteo Giusti. 2024. Diverse experiences by active travel for carbon neutrality: A longitudinal study of residential context, daily travel and experience types. Geography and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2024.05.002

Two key goals for sustainable spatial planning are to promote low-carbon travel in daily life and to enhance human wellbeing through diverse human-environment interactions. Yet, the integration of these goals has been underexplored. This study investigates the potential for experiential diversity via active travel in different residential contexts within the Gävle city-region, Sweden. Over 15 months, we collected spatiotempora...

Noah Linder, Patrik Sörqvist, Therese Lindahl, Robert Ljung. 2023. Managing waste behavior by manipulating the normative appeal of trash bins: Lessons from an urban field experiment. Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcradv.2023.200186

Littering is a problem in many human societies. In this study, 9 individual street bins were manipulated on a central street in the city of Gävle, Sweden. The aim was to explore if changing the appearance of the bins, thereby manipulating the different types of social norms they signal, can increase the amount of trash they collect and mitigate littering. A field experiment tested the effectiveness of two alternatives to the c...

Karl Samuelsson, S Anders Brandt, Stephan Barthel, Noah Linder, Nancy Joy Lim, Matteo Giusti. 2023. Diverse experiences by active travel for carbon neutrality: Longitudinal study reveals a persistent discrepancy across residential contexts. IDEAS. DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2m3st

To inform spatial planning promoting low-carbon travel and well-being, we investigate the potential for experiential diversity by active travel across different residential contexts. We use spatiotemporal tracking and experience data from the Gävle city-region, Sweden, generated by 165 participants over the course of 15 months. Findings reveal a discrepancy between typical travel distances to locations of positive experiences ...