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

Masoumi, Houshmand E.

doi:10.3390/su13105757

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“…Another reflection concerns the methodology followed in the MENA and SA regions' transportation research; it tends to be more descriptive and limited conclusions are found based on empirical modeling results apart from a few exceptions (Soltanzadeh and Masoumi, 2014;Etminani-Ghasrodashti and Ardeshiri, 2016;Soltani and Shams, 2017;Etminani-Ghasrodashti and Hamidi, 2019;Masoumi, 2020Masoumi, , 2021Masoumi, , 2022Mehriar et al, 2020;Javid et al, 2021;Masoumi et al, 2021). The spatial data availability and analysis remains a challenge for most of the cities in the MENA and SA regions basically due to non-availability of updated information in a single repository and also hesitancy to share the information by the governing authorities.…”

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“…Among MENA cities, a couple of major empirical studies were completed recently for Tehran and Cairo (Mehriar et al, 2020;Masoumi, 2021Masoumi, , 2022. Etminani-Ghasrodashti and Hamidi (2019) found in Tehran that individuals who prefer driving and semipublic transit also have a higher number of Snapp trips than other demographics.…”

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A systematic literature review of mobility attitudes and mode choices: MENA and South Asian cities

Chaudhry

Masoumi

Dienel

2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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Urban mobility behavior is influenced by complex interrelations of personal attitudes, neighborhood design, emerging digitalized shared mobility services, and urban governance. The transformation of urban mobility ecosystems in the Middle East and North African (MENA) and the South Asian (SA) regions lacks an in-depth comparative review to understand the determinants of mobility attitudes and mode choices. The objective of this paper is to systematically study the existing literature on cities in the MENA and SA regions to provide a comparative review of the analyses and the findings on urban mobility attitudes in light of prevailing societal conditions and urban-spatial forms. A systematic methodology was deployed to shortlist recently published journal papers from the years 2000 to 2022 for the MENA and SA regions. Application of the (shortlisting) methodology has identified 43 studies from the MENA region and 43 papers from the SA region to be most suitable for the review of comparative analysis of urban mobility behavior. The review found that travel choices in both MENA and the SA regions are impacted by the usual determinants such as demography, socio-economic characteristics, vehicle ownership, and the quality and maturity of (urban transport) spatial forms. The mobility behavior in these regions, is to some extent, can be said to be in alignment with the observed behavior across the developed western cities elsewhere in Europe and North America. The review identified that in both the MENA and the SA regions, mobility choices are also influenced by certain additional factors, such as cultural norms, adverse climatic conditions and socio-economic standings, etc. The literature indicates that ethnic and income disparities are deeply embedded in the socio-spatial arrangements of the cities in the MENA and SA regions. Future research can assess the relative influence of these factors and to determine correlations between mobility attitudes and urban forms to build better cities.

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A systematic literature review of mobility attitudes and mode choices: MENA and South Asian cities

Chaudhry

Masoumi

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2023

Front. Sustain. Cities

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“…Masoumi (2019) observed that residential location choices play a vital role in mode choice selection in Tehran, Istanbul, and Cairo [26]. In one of his recent studies for the same case study areas, Masoumi (2021) identified neighborhood characteristics, accessibility, commuting distance, public transit trips, and individual characteristics such as age and driving license that affect the residential location choice [27]. Masoumi (2013) also found a significant role of socioeconomics in determining the residential location choices in Tehran, Iran [28].…”

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

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The existing literature of emerging markets fails to provide evidence to clarify if people choose their residential location based on commuting to work or other socioeconomic or household factors. The present paper seeks to provide such evidence in South Asia using the case study of a small city in Pakistan. This exploratory study was facilitated by primary data collected from 365 adults in Hafizabad, Pakistan, using face-to-face interviews in 2018. Two research questions were answered: (1) with what socioeconomic or mobility-related variables are the residential self-selections correlated? (2) how strong is the possible association of commuting to work to residential location choices compared to other factors, including social, economic, and family-related issues? The results of Chi-square tests and Proportional Reduction in Error analyses show that the three variables of neighborhood place, gender, and housing tenure type are associated with residential location choices. These findings are partly in line with studies on high-income countries, but gender and housing tenure are more specific to developing countries. Moreover, results of a Binary Logistic model show that marital status and house ownership of other household members define whether people choose their living place based on commuting rather than other socioeconomic and household issues. The finding of the latter variable contrasts with behaviors in high-income countries, whereas the former variable has some similarities. These findings highlight some contextual differences between house location selection in South Asia and other regions.

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“…The choice of a location is the outcome of the household's preferences and what is offered in the housing market. These preferences come from the culture and lifestyle, which vary based on geographical context (Masoumi, 2021). Moreover, the local housing market of a particular urban area also varies in terms of neighborhood characteristics, and the supply depends on the local housing interventions by public institutions based on the housing market situation.…”

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Factors influencing residential location choice: learnings from the Indian context

Saini,

Pandit

2023

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

Cited by 6 publications

References 41 publications

A systematic literature review of mobility attitudes and mode choices: MENA and South Asian cities

A systematic literature review of mobility attitudes and mode choices: MENA and South Asian cities

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

Factors influencing residential location choice: learnings from the Indian context

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