The effect of residential choice on the travel distance and the implications for sustainable development

Friendly City 4 'From Research to Implementation For Better Sustainability'

地球科学;经济学

Eka Putra, Kaspan^1

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Pembangunan Pancabudi, Medan-North-Sumatra, Indonesia^1

关键词: Data analysis techniques;    House prices;    Primary data;    Private vehicles;    Research approach;    Residential Choice;    Structural equation modeling;    Travel distance;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012170/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012170

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

For Medan citizens, the choice of residence location depends on the ability to buy a house. House price is determined by the price of land where the housing is located. The more to the edge of the city the location of a house, then the price will be lower. So that the suburbs of Medan become the residential choice for the citizens of low-income. The residential choice will affect the distance of the journey to the workplace. This study analyzed the effect of residential choice on the travel distance and the implications for the implementation of sustainable development. The data used in this study is the primary data obtained through the survey held in Medan. The research approach is quantitative with the data analysis technique of Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results show that low-income citizens tend to choose the location of suburbs, while they work in the urban area. The location of the residence affects the daily travel distance is very high. The travel distance that is the very high effect the use of private vehicle mode. The use of private vehicles for long travel distance requires a huge energy. The use of very high fuel oils is a waste of energy and can increase air pollution. This is not in accordance with the concept of sustainable development.