Towards Sustainable Urban Spatial Structure: Does Decentralization Reduce Commuting Times?

Sustainability

卷:11

Choongik Choi¹  Chunil Kim² 

[1] Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG), BIFC, 40 Munhyeon-geumyung-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48400, Korea;

[2] Housing Urban Finance Institute, Korea Housing &

关键词: urban spatial structure;    commuting;    job–housing ratio;    floating catchment area;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su11041012

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper contributes to the existing debate on the co-location hypothesis, by devising a proximity measure and controlling for a set of other urban form measures. Utilizing the LEHD (Longitudinal Employer⁻Household Dynamics) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data that provide the number of jobs by a finer geography, this paper measured the degree of centralization, proximity, and job⁻housing mismatch. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the job⁻worker proximity leads to a shorter commuting time. In addition, the results focusing on suburban areas revealed that the impact of the job⁻worker imbalance and the impact of job⁻worker mismatch on the commuting time are greater in the suburb in comparison with the city center.

【 授权许可】

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