Jobs-housing balance in an era of population decentralization: An analytical framework and a case study

Despite the well-established theoretical understanding on the benefits of compact cities to the attainment of sustainable transport goals, there has been a worldwide trend of population decentralization in cities. In this paper, an analytical framework, which can be applied to other cities to quantify the potential commuting travel savings and environmental benefits of different job policies in cities having different rates and patterns of population decentralization, is presented. A case study of Hong Kong in the 1992-2002 decade is used to illustrate the analytical framework. The findings suggest that a city's population patterns did have significant implications on the commuting travel savings from alternative job relocation policies. With a dispersed population pattern, the expected environmental benefits from a job decentralization policy can be very substantial.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692310000852
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Loo, Becky P Y
  • Chow, Alice S
• Publication Date: 2011-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp. 552-562
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Case studies; Commuting; Environmental impacts; Housing; Labor market; Location; Policy; Population density; Travel time; Urban sprawl; Workplaces
• Geographic Terms: Hong Kong (China)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01344798
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 20 2011 7:23AM