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Territories of High Mobility: Micro and Macro Analysis

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High Mobility in Europe

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In the preceding chapters we mainly analysed high mobility through the lens of interpersonal differences based on individual histories and socio-demographic factors. In this chapter we especiallyfocus on the spatial dimension of high mobility behaviours and motility. The goal of this chapter is to evaluate the influence of the residential contexts on how people practise, think about and project themselves in high mobility.

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Ravalet, E., Dubois, Y., Kaufmann, V. (2015). Territories of High Mobility: Micro and Macro Analysis. In: Viry, G., Kaufmann, V. (eds) High Mobility in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137447388_7

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