Impact of the jobs-housing balance on urban commuting in Beijing in the transformation era

Zhao, Pengjun; Lü, Bin; Roo, Gert de

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.09.008

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“…They argue that in a polycentric city model, people have more opportunities to live closer to their work place, a phenomenon known as 'co-location' and that reduces commuting distances (Gordon and Wong 1985;Handy 1996). The co-location hypothesis builds on the assumption that employees and jobs follow each other and that labour and housing markets are perfect (Zhao et al 2011). Under these conditions residents base their location choice on a trade-off between housing prices and commuting costs.…”

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The impact of urban form on commuting in large Chinese cities

2017

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Studies on cities in Europe and the United States have demonstrated that travel behaviour is influenced by urban form. Based on these findings policies steering the shape of cities have been proposed to reduce urban transport emissions and limit congestion. Such policies can also be relevant for the rapidly growing and motorising Chinese cities. Yet, empirical evidence on the relationships between urban form and car usage is scarce for the specific Chinese context that is characterised by high densities, fast development and strong government steering. Using novel crowd-sourced datasets we study the impact of several urban form variables (city size, urban density, land-use mix, polycentricity and spatial clustering) on the cost of commuting expressed in time and distance. The results show that city size and spatial clustering are important determinants of commuting: large cities without clear clusters of businesses and other facilities have longer average commuting times and distances. Increased prosperity also adds to longer and lengthier commutes. Spatial planning measures that maintain or reinforce high-density clusters can help limiting commuting distance and time. Current sprawled urban development may have long-term, negative consequences for the accessibility and liveability of Chinese cities and could hamper their economic potential.

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The impact of urban form on commuting in large Chinese cities

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“…An increasing amount of research has focused on the relationship between commuting and urban residents' subjective well-being (SWB) (Kroesen 2014;Dickerson et al 2014), or how people experience their quality of life, including life satisfaction and emotional responses (Diener 1984;Liu et al 2017). Every weekday, hundreds of millions of employed Chinese travel to work, especially in China's big cities (Zhao et al 2011a, b;Sun et al 2016). In recent years, with rapidly increasing urbanization and motorization in China, traffic congestion has worsened.…”

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Subjective well-being in China: how much does commuting matter?

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With rapidly increasing urbanization and motorization in China, the effect of commuting on residents' subjective well-being (SWB) is likely growing. We used 13,261 individual, 124 city, and 401 neighbourhood samples from the 2014 China Labour-Force Dynamics Survey (CLDS 2014) and applied multilevel mixed-effects ordered probit regressions to investigate the relationship between commuting and SWB. We found huge differences between urban and rural areas in relation to commuting. Urban respondents' daily average commuting time was 0.56 h while rural respondents' daily average commuting time was 0.41 h. Further, the daily average commute time for residents living in cities with high urbanization rates ([ 70%) was longer than for those living in cities with low urbanization rates (\ 70%). The subjective well-being of residents who commute by walking or cycling was significantly lower than that of those who commute by other transportation modes. The regression results indicated that the longer the commute time, the lower the subjective well-being. Among residents who live in rural areas or cities with low urbanization, subjective well-being was more easily affected by commuting time.

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“…Various hypotheses based on Western experiences have been tested (e.g. Li, 2010;Zhao et al, 2011;Hou, 2012;Zhou et al, 2013). Works have also revealed persistent influence of the danwei or work-unit system on commuting (Wang and Chai, 2009;Zhao et al, 2011;Zhou et al, 2014).…”

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“…Li, 2010;Zhao et al, 2011;Hou, 2012;Zhou et al, 2013). Works have also revealed persistent influence of the danwei or work-unit system on commuting (Wang and Chai, 2009;Zhao et al, 2011;Zhou et al, 2014). However, to date relatively little attention has been given to the role of hukou or household registration, a legacy of the socialist planned economy that has remained to be of utmost importance in structuring an individual's life chance including where s/he lives and works after thirty-plus years of market-oriented reforms (Chan, 2009).…”

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The jobs-housing relationship and commuting in Guangzhou, China: Hukou and dual structure

2016

Journal of Transport Geography

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Impact of the jobs-housing balance on urban commuting in Beijing in the transformation era

Cited by 209 publications

References 48 publications

The impact of urban form on commuting in large Chinese cities

The impact of urban form on commuting in large Chinese cities

Subjective well-being in China: how much does commuting matter?

The jobs-housing relationship and commuting in Guangzhou, China: Hukou and dual structure

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