Investigating the relationship between housing policy and accessibility, based on developing a multi-perspectives accessibility index: a case study in Tehran, Iran

Azmoodeh, Mohammad; Haghighi, Farshidreza; Motieyan, Hamid; Tilaki, Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi

doi:10.1007/s10901-020-09738-4

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“…This result also finds similarity with the outcomes of a few studies conducted within the context of the developing world. Azmoodeh et al (2020) and Alas (2020) also found a correlation between the housing price (which mainly determines the affordability as defined by LEEDS 2015) and accessibility to the transportation services in Tehran and Istanbul, respectively. If we look at the number of significant associations that a variable establishes with the stated reasons of residential location choices, "marital status" and "residential mobility" come out as the most significant variables (five significant associations each).…”

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The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities: the Case of Alexandria, Egypt

2021

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The present paper attempts to fill a part of the gap in the studies on residential location choices and their relations to urban mobility, socio-economics, and the built environment by presenting the results of a study on Alexandria, Egypt, by analysing the results of a survey in eight neighbourhoods undertaken in 2015. Four questions were answered in this study: (i) “How are the main drivers behind residential location choices in Alexandria connected to various socio-demographic groups or people with different availability to urban and built environments?”, (ii) “How are the main residential self-selections in Alexandria associated with one another and which are the most important?”, (iii) “How are the housing location-related decisions of Egyptians similar to or different from international decisions?”, and (iv) “How can planners and decision-makers use the knowledge produced by this study for urban planning and housing in Egypt?”. Library work and the results of a Χ2 test of independence show that availability of transportation modes, nice neighbourhoods, and affordability are the strongest motives behind decisions. However, socio-economic factors are generally stronger than urban mobility and spatial issues. These findings are partly different from those of high-income countries.

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The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities: the Case of Alexandria, Egypt

2021

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“…The status of Iran's housing market has been thus far evaluated separately from several perspectives in some studies, e.g. reflecting on the capacity of market-making policies to improve housing supply to low-income groups in developing countries like Iran (Keivani et al, 2008), examining the role of oil economy in Iran's housing market (Khiabani, 2015), analyzing population crisis and housing prices in Iran (Gholipour and Farzanegan, 2015), investigating the trend of divorce and rising housing prices in Iran's oil economy , considering the relationship between housing prices and income inequality in the last three decades in Iran , exploring the relationship between housing policies and access to housing (Azmoodeh et al, 2020), reviewing the critical pathology of Iranian housing policies (Zarghamfard et al, 2020), evaluating urban housing development patterns in Iran (Sarvari et al, 2021) and analyzing the relationship between Iran's population and housing policies (Ghaedrahmati and Zarghamfard, 2021). In both Iran and Turkey, the housing sector is very important in their economy and both nations seek to attract more investments.…”

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Turkey, the second home for Iranians: push and pull motivations in Turkish housing market

Ghaedrahmati,

Rezaei

2024

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PurposeThis paper examines the main drives of encouraging Iranian investors in the Turkish real estate market, focusing on the interface between push factors and pull factors that drive them abroad.Design/methodology/approachThis paper examines the main drives of encouraging Iranian investors in the Turkish real estate market, focusing on the interface between push factors and pull factors that drive them abroad. For this purpose, the trend of housing price growth in Iran and Turkey was compared. The review of the 11-year trend of rates shows that housing prices in both countries have been continuously rising, and these prices have undoubtedly experienced increasing shocks in Iran. For further analysis, 13 main variables leading to the repulsion of investment in Iran's housing market and 15 variables shaping the attractiveness of investment in Turkey were identified in this sector. Thirty experts subsequently ranked the significant variables based on a closed-end questionnaire using quantitative strategic planning matrix. Examining housing investment elasticity in Turkey also shows that “Turkey's economic stability compared to neighboring countries” and “acquiring Turkish citizenship through real estate investment” are among the most important variables. On the other hand, the pressure variables of housing investment in Iran were “decrease in the value of the Iranian currency in recent years,” “currency price fluctuations” and “severe fluctuations and instability in the Iranian housing market.”FindingsExamining housing investment elasticity in Turkey also shows that “Turkey's economic stability compared to neighboring countries” and “acquiring Turkish citizenship through real estate investment” are among the most important variables. On the other hand, the pressure variables of housing investment in Iran were “decrease in the value of the Iranian currency in recent years,” “currency price fluctuations” and “severe fluctuations and instability in the Iranian housing market.”Originality/valueFrom a theoretical standpoint, foreign investment is in support of Turkey and harmful to Iran because the Turkish government is bolstering investment attractiveness to bring increased capital inflows into this country. Practically speaking, Turkey has aimed to create a rational framework for investors by strengthening and changing its economic system, as well as amending existing constitutions in this domain. Nevertheless, Iran resists any changes in its economic system and legislation. Therefore, a wide range of attractiveness and repulsion variables has led to the migration of Iranian investors to Turkey. In the present study, such variables are illuminated.

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“…The second category includes variables that, although they do not measure the distance between origin and destination, they will affect the ease of access to activities (Azmoodeh et al., 2020; Litman, 2016; Motieyan and Mesgari, 2018) believes that variables such as available options for transportation, user information, integration of travel modes, mode price and affordability, travel alternatives, land use mixedness, street connectivity, transportation network connection, etc. will affect people’s accessibility.…”

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Proposing an integrated accessibility-based measure to evaluate spatial equity among different social classes

Azmoodeh

Haghighi

Motieyan

2021

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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Fair spatial distribution of services has always been a challenge for urban planners to supply sufficient accessibility for individuals and to consider the needs of vulnerable social groups. Nevertheless, equity assessment literature has mostly focused on measuring the accessibility through distance-based variables, and social stratification based on just income, as well. Accordingly, this study intends to employ an accessibility measure that considers non-distance-based variables along with distance-based ones. It uses multi-criteria decision-making to propose an accessibility index to assess vertical and horizontal equity of residents’ accessibility to a range of public facilities, in the district 6 of Tehran, Iran. Therefore, using the integration of geographical information system-based spatial analysis, wider people specification, and the Gini coefficient, this measure proposes a novel framework to examine the equity level of individuals belonging to the lower, middle, and upper social classes. Results imply a 0.228 Gini index for horizontal equity, which indicates a low level of inequity among residents. Besides, for vertical equity evaluation, Gini index of 0.097, 0.249, and 0.167, respectively, for lower, middle, and upper groups show people in the lower class experience very low levels of inequity, therefore higher accessibility is well distributed among groups with higher social needs. This approach can help planners to choose the right analysis method and prioritize urban decisions toward the equitable distribution of facilities.

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Investigating the relationship between housing policy and accessibility, based on developing a multi-perspectives accessibility index: a case study in Tehran, Iran

Cited by 10 publications

References 44 publications

The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities: the Case of Alexandria, Egypt

The Relation Between Residential Self-Selection and Urban Mobility in Middle Eastern Cities: the Case of Alexandria, Egypt

Turkey, the second home for Iranians: push and pull motivations in Turkish housing market

Proposing an integrated accessibility-based measure to evaluate spatial equity among different social classes

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