Resident Valuation of Transport and Other Infrastructure Using Subjective Criteria: A Comparison of Two Japanese Cities Over Time

This research uses resident valuation of transport and other infrastructure with an original survey method using virtual housing prices as the evaluation criteria for two different Japanese cities at roughly 19 year intervals for both cities. The studies were carried out in the Japanese cities of Oyama, Tochigi prefecture in 1982 and 2001 and in Toride, Ibaraki prefecture in 1983 and 2002. A structured questionnaire was distributed to residents asking to assess current housing conditions and the surrounding environment of the respondents. This was combined with the valuation of a hypothetical house in relation to isolated criteria about transport and other infrastructure conditions as well as livability to derive parameters for each of the criteria. The survey results demonstrate possibilities for a unique approach to develop a convenient survey with comprehensive indicators to evaluate transport and other infrastructure. The survey results demonstrate a high degree of stability for each location across an extended period of time.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Conference on Transport Research Society

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• Authors:
  • Baron, Samuel
  • Kashima, Shigeru
  • Imanaga, Hisashi
• Conference:
  • 10th World Conference on Transport Research
  • Location: Istanbul , Turkey
  • Date: 2004-7-4 to 2004-7-8
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 5p
• Monograph Title: 10th World Conference on Transport Research

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Condition surveys; Housing; Infrastructure; Land use planning; Questionnaires; Residents; Surveying methods and processes; Surveys; Valuation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01088004
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2008 11:53AM