The Geography of Housing

Bourne, Larry S.

doi:10.1111/1540-6229.00380

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“…Thus, while our results do indeed show a tendency for older age cohorts to locate in suburban areas and vice versa for younger age cohorts, this is entirely in line with broader trends in the wider residential location literature (Rossi, 1955;Bourne, 1981;Kim et al, 2005;Prahsker, et al, 2008).…”

Section: Location Ofsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Our results reject that hypothesis and highlight the continued importance of classic ('hard') factors for the location decisions made by these workers. In this respect their residential location decision-making would seem analogous to that of the general population already established in the relevant academic literature (Bourne, 1981). Second, the hypothesis that the 'creative class', and particularly the younger demographic, favour central city locations over others does not receive support from our results even though there does appear to be a tendency in the data for younger age cohorts to favour the central area (see Martin-Brelot et al, 2010).…”

Section: Location For Table 8: Residential Location and Neighbourhoodsupporting

confidence: 60%

“…Residential Choice: The role of 'classic' factors Literature examining classic factors influencing residential preferences has predominantly focused on economic and demographic determinants of location choice (Rossi, 1955;Bourne, 1981;Alonso, 1964). The main argument is that residential preferences and decision making vary through the course of the life-cycle (Clark and Huang, 2003;Clark et al, 1984).…”

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Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

Lawton

Murphy

Redmond

2013

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Abstract. The desire for 'vibrant', 'bohemian' neighbourhoods forms a focal point of the amenity preferences of Richard Florida's 'creative class' thesis. Here, a vibrant street culture, which includes cafes and restaurants spilling on to the pavement, is implied as being of key importance in the selection of a residential area for creative and knowledge workers. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, this paper examines the residential preferences of the 'creative class' in Dublin, Ireland. The results illustrate the continued importance of classic factors in residential decision-making, including housing cost, accessibility and travel-time to place of employment. Moreover, the results also illustrate how changes in the life-cycle, including the decision to have a family, have a direct influence on their residential location choice. While there is a tendency for younger workers to select the city centre, older workers predominantly opt to live in suburban areas with good transport connections to the city centre or their place of employment.

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Section: Location For Table 8: Residential Location and Neighbourhoodsupporting

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“…But, as we all know, the market for housing differs from the market for other commodities (Bourne 1981). The production of housing is slow and subject to many laws and regulations.…”

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Population and housing

Mulder¹

2006

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“…Housing can either refer to a physical facility (providing shelter); an economic commodity (investment); a social good (element of social fabric); a package of services (including social services); or lastly as a sector of the economy (fixed capital stock) (Bourne [1]). Housing, in this context, provides shelter to mining employees and acts as an investment to both the mining company and the employee.…”

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Towards a sustainable mining habitat in South Africa

Drewes¹,

Aswegen²

2008

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Mining is South Africa's largest industry in the primary economic sector (2006) and contributed R94,3 billion (US$14,8 billion) or 7% to the country's Gross Value Added. During this time, the mining industry employed 2,6% of South Africa's economically active population, which implicates 443 300 employees and households. The isolated location of most of these natural resources has led to a spatially dispersed pattern of mining activities and settlements. Traditionally, mining companies in South Africa provided housing facilities for their employees in unsustainable mining settlements, which usually materialise into ghost-towns when operations close down. Employees are mostly accommodated in company-owned (operation based) housing. Due to the historically patriarchal approach to the provision of housing, a lack of knowledge regarding tenure, investment and financial issues ensued. An emphasis shift has since occurred in some guiding policies in the mining sector (e.g. the Mining Charter) and various spatial planning policies (e.g. the National Spatial Development Perspective) in South Africa. These policies propose a more sustainable approach to settlements in general, but lack specific guidelines relevant to the abovementioned planning practice. This paper will exemplify how the emphasis on creating economically and socially viable communities can potentially realise the global vision of sustainable human settlements (refer to United Nations, Habitat Agenda). It will be argued that emphasis should be on the development of sustainable towns and the encouragement of homeownership. The main objectives of this paper are to provide guidance to mining companies to facilitate housing in sustainable settlements.

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The Geography of Housing

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Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’?

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