Towards a Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Attractiveness of Rail Transit-Oriented Shopping Mall Developments (TOSMDs)

Abstract

Transit-oriented development (TOD) links residential, retail, commercial, and community service developments to frequent, accessible rail transit services to stimulate sustainable development in the form of decreased land use and transport integration. A mixed-use shopping mall can be developed as a TOD with moderate to high density with diverse land use patterns and well-connected street networks centred around and integrated with a rail transit station. Shopping mall developments are now considered as the retail, social, and community centres of their communities. Therefore, understanding their services' mixed impact on nearby transit stations will provide further insight into the success of the TOD approach. As a result, this study aims to review and link the recent literature on attractiveness factors of shopping malls and the design factors of TOD and report the researchers' analytic observations (themes) clarifying transit-oriented shopping mall developments' (TOSMDs) attractiveness factors. The review systematically synthesises 208 guiding articles. It uses the elements of the extended service marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion, people, physical evidence, and process) and the five factors related to TODs (density, diversity, urban design, destination accessibility, and distance) as an indicator system for the factors determining the attractiveness of TOSMD. The review outcome is utilised to establish a conceptual framework for the attractiveness of rail TOSMDs. The study revealed fragmented causes of attractiveness factors of rail TOSMDs. It contributes to further understanding of TOD as it crossreviews retail and urban design literature findings. The resultant conceptual framework will also inform and potentially enhance the existing rail transit station passenger forecasting models and increase the economic sustainability of rail transit networks.

Analyzing Indicators Affecting Commercial Property Value in Metro Station Accessible Area Using Walking Time Consumption: Case of Xi’an, China

“…To the first problem, the above listed studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24] provided the initial indicator set using traditional literature review techniques, which were basically subjective explanations of results obtained from different city cases, and the systematic analysis of indicators ever mentioned was rarely conducted. Debrezion et al [28] developed a relatively large initial indicator set based on a meta-analysis model.…”

“…erefore, if generic indicator selection guidance could be found, the problem of building initial indicator set could be solved in an easier and proper way. In a recent study conducted by Abutaleb et al [14] a conceptual framework for evaluating the indicators related to rail transit-oriented commercial property development was established. All the indicators involved were divided into two categories, commercial property attractiveness ones and TOD-related ones, and they were further attributed into 12 dimensions, as referred in Section 1.…”

“…As mentioned in Section 2, the conceptual framework presented by Abutaleb et al [14] is used as guidance in building the initial indicator set in this study. In this framework, all the indicators were divided into two categories, the commercial property attractiveness ones, which were further divided into seven dimensions, as shown in Table 1, and TOD-related ones that were divided into five dimensions, as shown in Table 2.…”

“…Many studies have investigated the value enhancements of urban lands along metro lines, including residential properties in Seoul [6], Chicago [7], Houston [8], and London [9] and commercial properties in Dallas and Denver [10], San Diego [11], Minneapolis [12], and Dubai [13]. Indicators affecting the property value discussed in these research studies are appropriately attributed into 12 dimensions in 2 categories [14], commercial property attractiveness ones and transit-oriented development (TOD) related ones, which could be regarded as a basis in building the initial indicator set in this study. is basis will be further elucidated in Section 3.…”

“…e concept of walking time consumption is introduced in the study range using the example of a specific station in metro line 2. Based on the above listed contents, following the conceptual framework presented by Abutaleb et al [14] and considering the 12 indicator dimensions referred in the second paragraph of this section, the initial indicator set depicting the attractiveness of a certain commercial property is built, and 422 commercial property samples are investigated. To simplify the initial indicator set, the hedonic price model (HPM) is used to eliminate the insignificant indicators.…”