Housing Plus Transportation Affordability Indices

Abstract

Conclusion and transferability to other OECD nations ..

Transport Planning and Management and its Implications in Chinese Cities

“…In theory, a satellite town should be able to be selfsupporting, selfresourcing, and selfsufficient. However, in reality, Tongzhou has been transformed from a satellite town into a dormitory town due to the job-housing imbalance issue, partly caused by unaffordable house prices (Housing affordability has already been identified as a social issue (Edwards, 2016); however, it has not been recognized and/or analysed together with the joint effects of transport and housing costs (Cao and Hickman, 2018;Guerra and Kirschen, 2016;Liu et al, 2020)) in the central area of Beijing, as well as generating a high ''tidal traffic flow" at peak times between Tongzhou and Guomao (Central Business District in Beijing). In an attempt to mitigate this problem and relieve some of the pressure on Beijing, the BMG has moved a number of state-owned companies, schools, hospitals and industries to Tongzhou.…”

Car dependence and housing affordability: An emerging social deprivation issue in London?

“…In combination, high car dependence and high housing unaffordability may result in problems for many household budgets in future years. However, there has been very limited recognition or analysis of the joint effects of transport and housing costs, with the exception of a small number of studies (such as Lipman, 2006;Metro Vancouver, 2015;and Guerra and Kirschen, 2016). This paper focuses on the interlinked problems of high car dependence (CD) and housing affordability (HA), by developing a composite car dependence and housing affordability (CDHA) index.…”