Maria Attard
Biographic Data
| ID | 6320610 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Attard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Attard |
| SIGNATURE | ATTARD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3876-7376 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A methodological perspective on understanding overtourism in Mediterranean Islands. The case of Sardinia region, Italy
The term overtourism has become very popular, however it remains open to several interpretations. Its popularity is due to the acceleration and changes in tourism supply through the growth of tourist accommodation, low-cost airlines and other transport services, infrastructure and intermediary sectors, and demand that is driven by the growth in the world’s population, the ageing of parts of the population, and the appearance of increasingly diver…
Active travel street intervention ideas in Malta
Within the sphere of co-creation and experimentation and the promotion of sustainable urban mobility, urban living labs (ULLs) and digital engagement platforms have emerged as key methodological approaches and tools. This paper focuses on the context of a car-dependent island in the Mediterranean – Malta, where the introduction of active travel interventions is an essential but persistently difficult undertaking. The study aims to test a fully vi…
Big-data-driven approach and scalable analysis on environmental sustainability of shared micromobility from trip to city level analysis
Shared e-scooters (SES) have recently gained popularity, but their environmental sustainability remains debatable. This study develops a data-driven and scalable method based on big data and data fusion from multiple sources to comprehensively analyze substitutions and the environmental impacts of SES from trip to city level analysis. Field trip transaction data in three major Swedish cities (Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö) are leveraged for em…
Covid-19 and short-term housing
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world since early 2020 has caused significant economic, social, psychological, and public health costs. The COVID-19 pandemic hit almost all economic sectors including the hospitality and tourism industry. This review paper examined the impacts of COVID-19 on short-term housing and the factors influencing these impacts. The existing literature reported generally negative effects of COV…
An overview of peer-to-peer accommodation operation during the Covid-19 pandemic
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had catastrophic impacts on many hospitality industries including the peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation industry. The fast spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in countries throughout the world left very limited time for crisis management planning, and exposed the vulnerability of the P2P accommodation sector. Stakeholders in the P2P accommodation industry had to take ad hoc actions and implement crisis management …
Understanding barriers to modal shift in Malta
Geographic Citizen Science Design
Cycling provides a low-cost, low-pollution, active mode of transport. - Cycling can provide a solution to urban mobility issues such as congestion, traffic accidents, transport poverty, inequality and public health issues such as inactivity and obesity. Policies and programmes promoting cycling have increased cycling dramatically in cities worldwide. - The Cyclist Geo-C app has been developed to involve citizens in open cycling data collection by…
Spatial and temporal analysis of shared bicycle use in Limassol, Cyprus
Spatial multicriteria analysis for sustainability assessment
To drive or to use the bus? An exploratory study of older people in Malta
The implementation of road user charging and the lessons learnt
Public transport modernisation and adjustment to EU accession requirements
Spatial multicriteria analysis for sustainability assessment
The implementation of road user charging and the lessons learnt
Understanding barriers to modal shift in Malta
Spatial and temporal analysis of shared bicycle use in Limassol, Cyprus
To drive or to use the bus? An exploratory study of older people in Malta
Public transport modernisation and adjustment to EU accession requirements
Public transport modernisation and adjustment to EU accession requirements
The implementation of road user charging and the lessons learnt
To drive or to use the bus? An exploratory study of older people in Malta
Spatial multicriteria analysis for sustainability assessment
Geographic Citizen Science Design
Cycling provides a low-cost, low-pollution, active mode of transport. - Cycling can provide a solution to urban mobility issues such as congestion, traffic accidents, transport poverty, inequality and public health issues such as inactivity and obesity. Policies and programmes promoting cycling have increased cycling dramatically in cities worldwide. - The Cyclist Geo-C app has been developed to involve citizens in open cycling data collection by…
Spatial and temporal analysis of shared bicycle use in Limassol, Cyprus
Understanding barriers to modal shift in Malta
Big-data-driven approach and scalable analysis on environmental sustainability of shared micromobility from trip to city level analysis
Shared e-scooters (SES) have recently gained popularity, but their environmental sustainability remains debatable. This study develops a data-driven and scalable method based on big data and data fusion from multiple sources to comprehensively analyze substitutions and the environmental impacts of SES from trip to city level analysis. Field trip transaction data in three major Swedish cities (Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö) are leveraged for em…
Covid-19 and short-term housing
The rapid spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) around the world since early 2020 has caused significant economic, social, psychological, and public health costs. The COVID-19 pandemic hit almost all economic sectors including the hospitality and tourism industry. This review paper examined the impacts of COVID-19 on short-term housing and the factors influencing these impacts. The existing literature reported generally negative effects of COV…
An overview of peer-to-peer accommodation operation during the Covid-19 pandemic
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic had catastrophic impacts on many hospitality industries including the peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation industry. The fast spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in countries throughout the world left very limited time for crisis management planning, and exposed the vulnerability of the P2P accommodation sector. Stakeholders in the P2P accommodation industry had to take ad hoc actions and implement crisis management …
A methodological perspective on understanding overtourism in Mediterranean Islands. The case of Sardinia region, Italy
The term overtourism has become very popular, however it remains open to several interpretations. Its popularity is due to the acceleration and changes in tourism supply through the growth of tourist accommodation, low-cost airlines and other transport services, infrastructure and intermediary sectors, and demand that is driven by the growth in the world’s population, the ageing of parts of the population, and the appearance of increasingly diver…
Active travel street intervention ideas in Malta
Within the sphere of co-creation and experimentation and the promotion of sustainable urban mobility, urban living labs (ULLs) and digital engagement platforms have emerged as key methodological approaches and tools. This paper focuses on the context of a car-dependent island in the Mediterranean – Malta, where the introduction of active travel interventions is an essential but persistently difficult undertaking. The study aims to test a fully vi…
Geography (9 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Transport engineering (6 works) · Transportation and Mobility Innovations (6 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Public transport (4 works)