Residential location, travel, and energy use in the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area

Næss, Petter

doi:10.5198/jtlu.v3i3.98

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“…Many of the findings in this paper support previous studies from other cities in the global South, namely that there are significant differences in individuals travel behavior between districts within the same city; individuals in peripheral and sparsely settled areas travel longer distances, use private motor vehicles more often (for most or all trip purposes), cars in particular, and travel more frequently (Srinivasan and Rogers, 2005;Tanimowo, 2006;Naess, 2009;Wang et al, 2011;Shirgaokar, 2016). Comparisons between districts with different characteristics within the same urban area are useful as it enhances our understanding of how planning policies play out and takes on meaning within the city system.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Pan et al (2009), studying the influence of urban form on travel behavior in four Shangahi neighborhoods, found that residents of pedestrian/cyclist-friendly neighborhoods traveled shorter distances compared to residents in other neighborhood types. Likewise, Naess (2009), studying the influence of residential location on travelling behavior in Hangzhou Metro Area, found that, on average, people living close to the CBD used less energy for transport; they travelled less in total and made a greater share of their journeys by bike or on foot compared to people further away from the downtown.…”

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Built environment and individual travel behavior: Findings from two Bangkok districts

Olsson¹,

Tanangsnakool²

2017

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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As many cities in the global South are expanding rapidly, their urban form and built environment transforms and thus people's travel demand and behaviour. This paper investigates how the built environment on district level influences individuals' travel behavior and rationales for activity and mode choice in two Bangkok districts. Findings shows that individuals in the sparse outer districtwho belong to larger households and have higher average incomes -travel more frequently, travel much longer distances, use more modes per trip, and rely on private motor vehicles to a much larger extent compared to individuals in the dense inner district. Individuals´ selection of activity location is mainly based on a wish to reach the best facility, disregarding of district, in particular work and education, and to reduce distance, especially for grocery shopping, less so for specific goods and leisure, and least for visit purposes. Mode choice is mainly determined by a combination of time, costs, and convenience. In the absence of high-capacity transit systems Bangkok's motorized vehicle fleet (and use) will most likely continue to grow among its close to 30 fringe and outer area districts located far away from the city centre and work place clusters. Here private motor vehicle use is often the only option. If these residents start driving, land use planning and/or provision of high-capacity transit will most likely have a small influence on how much they drive.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

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Built environment and individual travel behavior: Findings from two Bangkok districts

Olsson¹,

Tanangsnakool²

2017

J. Geogr. Reg. Plann.

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“…This applies not only to the influence of residential location on traveling distance by car, but also on total weekly traveling distances, travel by non-motorized modes, and travel by public transport (most of these results are reported in Naess 2009;Naess 2010;and Pinho & Silva 2015). The demonstration of a separate and considerable effect on travel behavior from the location of the dwelling relative to the city center, also when controlling for socio-demographics and residential self-selection, is in line with the findings by Hammond (2005), Bhat & Guo (2007), Zhou & Kockelman (2008), Chatman (2009), Cao (2010, and Cao et al (2010).…”

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“…Besides presenting theoretical arguments, the paper will draw on empirical studies conducted by myself and colleagues in different cities, especially the studies in Copenhagen Metropolitan Area, Denmark (Naess 2005(Naess , 2006a(Naess and b, 2009, Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, China (Naess 2010 and) and a still on-going study in Greater Oporto, Portugal (Pinho & Silva 2015). All these studies have been carried out by means of a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods.…”

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Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies

Næss

2014

JTLU

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While numerous studies have investigated influences of built environment characteristics on travel behavior, many scholars are concerned about the confounding effect of residential self-selection. This paper argues that the existence of transport-attitude-based residential self-selection hardly represents any threat to the validity of the basic knowledge on how residential location within urban contexts influences travel behavior. The causal mechanisms by which residential location influences travel behavior exist regardless of whether or not transport-related residential self-selection occurs. Moreover, the cases presented in this paper suggest that residential self-selection based on attitudes to travel is unlikely to represent any great source of error for parameter estimates of the effects of residential location variables on travel behavior as long as "traditional" demographic and socioeconomic variables have already been accounted for. The doubts raised by certain scholars about the implications of attitude-based residential self-selection for the validity of the knowledge base of land use and transportation policies thus appear to be not very well-founded. a petter.nass@nmbu.no 1 In some of the literature on urban form, travel behavior and residential self-selection (e.g., Cao 2010 andCao et al. 2010), the latter concept is used in a way including residential location choices based on transport attitudes as well as on demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. The topic of the present paper is, however, the role of self-selection based on travel-related residential preferences as a potential source of error in investigations of the influences of residential location on travel behavior in an urban context.

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“…To what extent can the observed association between built environment and activity and travel behavior reported in the previous studies be attributed to residential self-selection? To the knowledge of the authors, there is hardly any travel behavior study of urban China that explicitly addresses the issue of residential self-selection except Naess (2010), which examines the residential location and travel behavior in Hangzhou, China, and suggests that the observed geographical differences in travel behavior cannot be explained by residential self-selection.…”

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Residential self-selection, built environment, and travel behavior in the Chinese context

Wang

Lin

2014

JTLU

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Residential self-selection has been reported to be a factor confounding the observed relationship between built environment and travel behavior. By incorporating residential self-selection, studies have generated much insight into the causalities involved in the relationship between built environment and travel behavior. However, most of these studies were conducted in North American cities, where individuals may have the opportunity to realize their preferences in residential and transport mode choices. There are not many similar studies for other parts of the world, such as China, where residential and transport choices are probably more constrained than in North America. This paper aims to partly fill the gap by discussing the specificities of the residential self-selection issue in urban China and suggesting how to cope with this issue when examining the relationship between built environment and travel behavior in the Chinese context. We argue that studies addressing the residential self-selection issue in China need to consider the housing source, which has implications for residential choice, and acknowledge the importance of some travel-related attitudes such as preferences for short commutes, good accessibility to public transport, and proximity to markets for daily goods shopping.

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Residential location, travel, and energy use in the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area

Cited by 64 publications

References 17 publications

Built environment and individual travel behavior: Findings from two Bangkok districts

Built environment and individual travel behavior: Findings from two Bangkok districts

Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies

Residential self-selection, built environment, and travel behavior in the Chinese context

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