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that only a fraction of the ticket price of public transport is directly related to the fuel
price itself.
If several private households start changing their common routines or behaviour
where the mode of transport is concerned, location choices might also be revised,
as well as budgets for other activities. These effects might affect municipalities in
various ways.
The two fields of “spatial reorganisation” and “change” (Fig. 10.2) will also lead
to land use effects that municipalities must consider.
People might change from car transport to public transport or cycle more often
for shorter distances. Current infrastructure might not be able to accommodate a
rapid increase in public transport users where capacity limits have already been
reached. Bike lanes might suddenly be necessary or insufficient in their current state
of expansion. People might also tend to buy more items and services online and use
delivery services more often, or try to use home office options (where possible) to
cut down on (car) trips. Public infrastructures might not be able to accommodate
sudden and numerous changes in demand.
Households deciding on spatial reorganisation to minimise commuting trips or
change their workplaces might intensify current trends for municipalities or influence tax income. Municipalities already suffering population losses due to various
causes—e.g. rural areas with fewer possibilities for higher education or work places
have already suffered from a drain of younger inhabitants—might experience even
faster outflows. Other centres experiencing a rise in the number of inhabitants might
experience a stronger influx due to rising energy prices and households’ relocation
choices.
Due to all these fields of possible variations, differentiations and changes, municipalities may experience shifts in modal splits, tax revenue, social outlays, infrastructure, etc., which will make planning and hence land use decisions altogether more
difficult in the light of rising energy prices.
10.4 Rising Energy Prices and Land Use—A New Research
Focus
The stated combination of effects on global energy markets for fossil fuels, societies’
dependency on fossil fuels, the responses of private households, and the physical and
topographic municipal landscape as well as existing settlement layouts and transportrelated infrastructure, have opened up new avenues for research. Few publications so
far have focused on rising energy prices and land management in terms of a combined
effect analysis of settlement structure, infrastructure and accessibility. Research in
this context has so far focused on the following aspects:
• How to use resources more efficiently and manage changes in land management
for a more resilient and sustainable outcome (i.e. Bundesministerium für Bildung
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that only a fraction of the ticket price of public transport is directly related to the fuel
price itself.
If several private households start changing their common routines or behaviour
where the mode of transport is concerned, location choices might also be revised,
as well as budgets for other activities. These effects might affect municipalities in
various ways.
The two fields of “spatial reorganisation” and “change” (Fig. 10.2) will also lead
to land use effects that municipalities must consider.
People might change from car transport to public transport or cycle more often
for shorter distances. Current infrastructure might not be able to accommodate a
rapid increase in public transport users where capacity limits have already been
reached. Bike lanes might suddenly be necessary or insufficient in their current state
of expansion. People might also tend to buy more items and services online and use
delivery services more often, or try to use home office options (where possible) to
cut down on (car) trips. Public infrastructures might not be able to accommodate
sudden and numerous changes in demand.
Households deciding on spatial reorganisation to minimise commuting trips or
change their workplaces might intensify current trends for municipalities or influence tax income. Municipalities already suffering population losses due to various
causes—e.g. rural areas with fewer possibilities for higher education or work places
have already suffered from a drain of younger inhabitants—might experience even
faster outflows. Other centres experiencing a rise in the number of inhabitants might
experience a stronger influx due to rising energy prices and households’ relocation
choices.
Due to all these fields of possible variations, differentiations and changes, municipalities may experience shifts in modal splits, tax revenue, social outlays, infrastructure, etc., which will make planning and hence land use decisions altogether more
difficult in the light of rising energy prices.
10.4 Rising Energy Prices and Land Use—A New Research
Focus
The stated combination of effects on global energy markets for fossil fuels, societies’
dependency on fossil fuels, the responses of private households, and the physical and
topographic municipal landscape as well as existing settlement layouts and transportrelated infrastructure, have opened up new avenues for research. Few publications so
far have focused on rising energy prices and land management in terms of a combined
effect analysis of settlement structure, infrastructure and accessibility. Research in
this context has so far focused on the following aspects:
• How to use resources more efficiently and manage changes in land management
for a more resilient and sustainable outcome (i.e. Bundesministerium für Bildung