Choices versus choice sets: a commuting spectrum method for representing job – housing possibilities
Conclusions in empirical studies of commuting and urban spatial structure depend on the selection of measures for the job – housing relationship. In order to help to develop urban growth strategies based on coherent empirical results, this paper presents a ‘commuting spectrum’ approach as an alternative to existing job – housing relationship measures. With this approach, two hypothetical and extreme commuting possibilities are conceptualized as measures for job – housing relationship and location-choice sets. Simulation in a stylized region and empirical results for Boston and Atlanta indicate that the proposed method can track local and regional aspects of job – housing relationship changes. The revealed association between commuting length and the job – housing relationship is consistent from the perspectives of neighborhood-level comparison, multiyear comparison, and interregion comparison.
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2008
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Authors: | Yang, Jiawen ; Jr, Joseph Ferreira |
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Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. - Pion Ltd, London, ISSN 1472-3417. - Vol. 35.2008, 2, p. 364-378
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