Determinants of residential location in the Adenta Municipality, Ghana

Towards incorporating location choice into integrated land use and transport planning and policy: A multi-scale analysis of residential and job location choice behaviour

“…While the above findings are consistent with previous qualitative studies conducted within the context of cities in Ghana (see e.g. Acheampong, 2016;Gough and Yankson, 2011;Tipple et al, 1997;Poku-Boansi and Adarkwa, 2016) the current study is the first to systematically examine the housing choice process and to quantify the probabilities of choice among the different residential location factors and choice alternatives for heterogeneous decision makers.…”

Relationship of Residential Location Choice with Commute Travels and Socioeconomics in the Small Towns of South Asia: The Case of Hafizabad, Pakistan

“…Aung and Vichiensan (2019) identified housing characteristics, neighborhood quality, commuting time, and ethnicity as significant factors affecting the residential location preferences in Myanmar [35]. Many other studies in the developing world have found similar determinants of residential location choices such as accessibility and travel behavior [7,36], neighborhood and socioeconomic characteristics [37], affordability and security [38], convenience and comfort [39], and religious factors [40].…”

Residential Preferences in Residential Location Choice

“…Residents critically favour certain locations because of the availability of transportation systems with the usage of land use within their place. Residents' choice considers the residential environment, availability of amenities and opportunities, traffic and accessibility (Poku-Boansi & Adarkwa, 2015). Good accessibility and associated land use mixture are also possible attractions in residential location choice (Molin & Timmermans, 2003).…”

“…Residential preference is also known as choosing or favouring certain housing characteristics or desires by surveying residents at a particular point in time (Kim, Woosnam, Marcouiller, Aleshinloye, & Choi, 2015). Apart from determining desired attempts for certain houses, residential preference can also describe residents' dissatisfactions with the current residential area and neighbourhood that trigger residents to move out (Poku-Boansi & Adarkwa, 2015). Nevertheless, residential preference explicit a wide scope of mobility intentions that begin with residents' desired choice of houses, neighbourhood and places.…”