Contents

pp iii-iv

List of Figures

pp v-vi

Image Credits

pp vii-ix

Notes on Contributors

pp x-xiii

The Independent Transport Commission (ITC)

pp xiv-xiv

Acknowledgements

pp xv-xvi

Foreword

pp xvii-xviii

1 - Why Travel? An Introduction

pp 1-10

Part I - Fundamental Motivations

pp 11-12

2 - Biological Perspectives on Travel

pp 13-32

3 - Travel and the Mind

pp 33-54

4 - Philosophy and Travel: The Meaning of Movement

pp 55-76

5 - The Economics of Travel: It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey

pp 77-96

Part II - Travel for Exploration and Knowing Ourselves

pp 97-98

6 - Why Travel? The Sociological Perspective

pp 99-118

7 - Religious and Spiritual Travel

pp 119-140

8 - Travel in Art and Literature

pp 141-162

9 - Why People Travel: An Anthropological View

pp 163-184

10 - Tourist Travel

pp 185-204

11 - Travel as Exploration: Science, the Unknown and Personal Discovery

pp 205-228

Part III - Limits and New Horizons

pp 229-230

12 - Technology and Travel

pp 231-252

13 - Placemaking and Travel: The City Is Where the People Choose to Go

pp 253-274

14 - Travel’s Place in the Environment

pp 275-296

15 - Conclusion: What Have We Learnt?

pp 297-306

Index

pp 307-318