Determining heterogeneity of residential location preferences of households in Belgium

Cockx, Kasper; Canters, Frank

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2020.102271

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“…The present study shows that the current commuting distance is in relation with the last relocation choice. This can also be compared to the findings of Chen et al (2008), who found this relation between the prior commute distance and the last relocation in the Puget Sound region, USA [43], as well as the work of Cockx and Canters (2020) which showed the effect of job accessibility on residential self-selection in Belgium [44]. In general, the MENA findings show that the trade-off between mobility motives and other factors is becoming more serious in the large cities of the region, as it has already been shown that in the Western context, the subjective value of time as a component of commuting is compared to the household's willingness to pay by rent to reduce commuting time [45].…”

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Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Masoumi

2021

Sustainability

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The determinants of residential location choice have not been investigated in many developing countries. This paper examines this topic, including the influence of urban travels on house location decision-making in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Based on 8284 face-to-face interviews in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo, the dummy variable of residential location choice, including two categories of mobility reasons and other factors, was modeled by binary probit regression modeling. By means of receiver-operating characteristic analysis, the cutoff value of commuting distance and the time passed from the last relocation was estimated. Finally, the significant difference between the value of these two variables for people with different house location reasons were tested by Mann–Whitney U-test. The results show that the eight variables of shopping-entertainment mode choice in faraway places, frequency of public transit trips, neighborhood attractiveness perception, age, number of driving licenses in household, commuting distance, number of accessed facilities, and the (walkable) accessibility of facilities influence the residential self-selections. People who chose their current home based on mobility commute a daily mean distance of 8596 m and relocated less than 15.5 years ago, while those who chose their home based on other reasons, such as socioeconomics or personal reasons, commute longer and moved to a new house more than 15.5 years ago. This shows how the attitudes of people about residential location have changed in the MENA region, but there are still contextual differences to high-income countries.

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Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Masoumi

2021

Sustainability

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“…Residents are dissatisfied with aspects of accessibility and environmental characteristics outside of subsidized housing. The public within and between cities are comfortable with a transportation system to facilitate work and housing location choices [20] Travel time or distance usually has a negative effect on utility location [24]. The distance from the house to public facilities and workplaces is far away and residents use private vehicles.…”

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Spatial Variations of Resident Satisfaction of Subsidized Housing in Boja District, Indonesia

Adeliana,

Sunarti,

Artiningsih

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The lack of subsidized housing facilities and infrastructure in the internal area is that the quality of clean water is not good because the water is cloudy. Meanwhile, many occupants make use of facilities and infrastructure outside the area. However, not all facilities outside the area are beneficial to residents in subsidized housing. outside the housing makes residents uncomfortable. One of the subsidized housings in Boja District, Kendal Regency, which is located on the border with Semarang City, is not accessible by public transportation and around the housing area there are chicken farms which produce waste and smell bad. The purpose of this study was to assess residents’ satisfaction with subsidized housing in the district. Boja. The approach used in this study is a quantitative approach method with quantitative descriptive analysis techniques by means of observation and distributing questionnaires to respondents. Respondents are residents of subsidized housing with a sample of 100 households (heads of households). The output of the research results is that 15% of residents are dissatisfied with the external environment of subsidized housing, namely the aspects of accessibility and air pollution. Residents are quite satisfied with aspects of the quality of house construction, facilities and infrastructure by 85%. Satisfaction of residents of subsidized housing in Boja District in this study was influenced by external factors that existed when the occupants bought and inhabited the housing. Ownership status is the most important basic need for residents to feel safe, even though the external environment is not comfortable.

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“…With the increase in age, preference for sub-urban locations becomes prominent due to large space requirements (Morrow-Jones and Kim, 2009; Shin and Tilahun, 2022). In addition to this, household characteristics such as gender, employment status, education, marital status, family structure (nuclear or joint family), presence of children, income, ethnicity and car ownership are included as independent variables in several studies and found to be significant (Choudhury and Ayaz, 2015; Cockx and Canters, 2020; Haque et al ., 2020; Schirmer et al ., 2014; Zhan, 2015). For instance, Zhan (2015) found that the presence of children in households resulted in the consideration of locations with good-quality schools.…”

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Factors influencing residential location choice: learnings from the Indian context

Saini,

Pandit

2023

OHI

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PurposeThe purpose of the present study is to explore the factors that influence the residential location choice of households in the Indian context.Design/methodology/approachTwo sub-urban towns of Kolkata, i.e. Biddhanagar Municipal Corporation and Rajarhat Newtown, are taken as case studies. In total, 34 variables are considered related to the household's socioeconomic background (10), dwelling (3), travel (2) and level of importance of neighborhood characteristics (19). A revealed preference household survey is conducted, which resulted in the collection of 390 samples. Firstly, 19 level of importance variables are deduced to 3 latent factors using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. After that, a utility function is estimated using a multinomial logit regression to identify significant factors.FindingsThe results indicate the significance of car ownership, work travel time, work mode, monthly income, proximity to work, proximity to family/relative/friends, proximity to quality schools, quality of physical infrastructure such as water availability, power availability and housing typology among others in the residential location choice of households.Research limitations/implicationsKolkata, a major metropolitan area in eastern India, has been experiencing space constraints to cater to the housing demand of the ever-increasing population. Although satellite towns are being developed, the infrastructure landscape in such towns is uneven, resulting in more housing demand in one area than another. The study furnishes significant findings to develop more informed policies to attract households in low-demand areas and manage high-demand areas to achieve sustainable planning.Originality/valueConsidering the importance of geographical context, it is the first study on residential location choice, providing a perspective of household behavior from eastern India. It also shows the importance of physical infrastructure attributes in residential location choice for developing countries, which is seldom employed in the current practice. Moreover, previous studies (although few) done in India consider the objective value of location characteristics. The present study focuses on subjective value or the level of importance perceived by respondents.

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Determining heterogeneity of residential location preferences of households in Belgium

Cited by 8 publications

References 49 publications

Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Residential Location Choice in Istanbul, Tehran, and Cairo: The Importance of Commuting to Work

Spatial Variations of Resident Satisfaction of Subsidized Housing in Boja District, Indonesia

Factors influencing residential location choice: learnings from the Indian context

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