scholarly journals Consumer housing values and prejudices against living in wooden homes in the Nordic region

Silva Fennica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Lähtinen ◽  
Liina Häyrinen ◽  
Anders Roos ◽  
Anne Toppinen ◽  
Francisco Aguilar Cabezas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Housing Markets ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Housing Values ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Nordic Region ◽  
Material Usage ◽  
Binary Regression Analysis ◽  
Good Reputation ◽  
Market Diffusion ◽  
Supply Side Factors

So far, consumer housing values have not been addressed as factors affecting the market diffusion potential of multi-storey wood building (MSWB). To fill the void, this study addresses different types of consumer housing values in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden (i.e., Nordic region), and whether they affect the likelihood of prejudices against building with wood in the housing markets. The data collected in 2018 from 2191 consumers in the Nordic region were analyzed with exploratory factor analysis and logistic binary regression analysis. According to the results, consumers’ perceptions on ecological sustainability, material usage and urban lifestyle were similar in all countries, while country-specific differences were detected for perceptions on aesthetics and natural milieus. In all countries, appreciating urban lifestyle and living in attractive neighborhoods with good reputation increased the likelihood of prejudices against wood building, while appreciation of aesthetics and natural milieus decreased the likelihood of prejudices. In strengthening the demand for MSWB and sustainable urbanization through actions in businesses (e.g., branding) and via public policy support (e.g., land zoning), few messages derive from the results. In all, abreast with the already existing knowledge on the supply side factors (e.g., wood building innovations), more customized information is needed on the consumer-driven issues affecting the demand potential of MSWB in the housing markets. This would enable, e.g., both enhancing the supply of wooden homes for consumers appreciating urban lifestyle and neighborhoods and fortifying positive image of wood among consumers especially appreciating good architecture and pleasant environmental milieus.

scholarly journals Environmental Health Risks and Housing Values: Evidence from 1,600 Toxic Plant Openings and Closings

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (2) ◽  
pp. 678-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Currie ◽  
Lucas Davis ◽  
Michael Greenstone ◽  
Reed Walker
Keyword(s):  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Housing Values ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Industrial Plants ◽  
Toxic Emissions ◽  
Environmental Health Risks ◽  
Rich Data ◽  
Toxic Plant

Regulatory oversight of toxic emissions from industrial plants and understanding about these emissions' impacts are in their infancy. Applying a research design based on the openings and closings of 1,600 industrial plants to rich data on housing markets and infant health, we find that: toxic air emissions affect air quality only within 1 mile of the plant; plant openings lead to 11 percent declines in housing values within 0.5 mile or a loss of about $4.25 million for these households; and a plant's operation is associated with a roughly 3 percent increase in the probability of low birthweight within 1 mile. (JEL I12, L60, Q52, Q53, Q58, R23, R31)

International Real Estate Review

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Steven Plaut ◽  
◽  
Egita Uzulena ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Architectural Design ◽  
Explanatory Variable ◽  
Housing Stock ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Hedonic Pricing ◽  
Housing Values ◽  
Pricing Models ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Housing Value ◽  
Physical Features

Architectural design has generally not been included in estimations of hedonic pricing models and the reason is no doubt the difficulty in capturing it in a usable measurement variable. It is usually too idiosyncratic and heterogeneous to “sum up” easily and introduce as an explanatory variable. However, in some housing markets, architectural design consists of a limited number of standardized “prototypes”, which can then be used as explanatory variables in hedonic estimations. Such is the case for Riga, Latvia, where almost the entire housing stock fits into about a score of fairly standardized architectural design types. This paper is an empirical analysis of the Riga housing market, which only became a “market” in a meaningful sense after the collapse of the Soviet regime in Latvia. The paper analyzes a set of about 3500 transactions, all from recent years. We estimate the elasticity of housing value with respect to size of housing units and some other physical features, and the value of the different architectural designs, controlling for location. This is one of the first hedonic or microeconomic analyses of housing values in any post-Soviet transitional economy.

scholarly journals Analysis of the Risk Factors Affecting the Severity of Traffic Accidents on Spanish Crosstown Roads: The Driver’s Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Casado-Sanz ◽  
Begoña Guirao ◽  
Maria Attard
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Fatal Outcome ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Traffic Volumes ◽  
New Vision

Globally, road traffic accidents are an important public health concern which needs to be tackled. A multidisciplinary approach is required to understand what causes them and to provide the evidence for policy support. In Spain, one of the roads with the highest fatality rate is the crosstown road, a particular type of rural road in which urban and interurban traffic meet, producing conflicts and interference with the population. This paper contributes to the previous existing research on the Spanish crosstown roads, providing a new vision that had not been analyzed so far: the driver’s perspective. The main purpose of the investigation is to identify the contributing factors that increment the likelihood of a fatal outcome based on single-vehicle crashes, which occurred on Spanish crosstown roads in the period 2006-2016. In order to achieve this aim, 1064 accidents have been analyzed, applying a latent cluster analysis as an initial tool for the fragmentation of crashes. Next, a multinomial logit (MNL) model was applied to find the most important factors involved in driver injury severity. The statistical analysis reveals that factors such as lateral crosstown roads, low traffic volumes, higher percentages of heavy vehicles, wider lanes, the non-existence of road markings, and finally, infractions, increase the severity of the drivers’ injuries.

scholarly journals PENGEMBANGAN IMPLEMENTASI JABATAN FUNGSIONAL DOSEN BERBASIS TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMUNIKASI

2014 ◽  
pp. 533-546
Author(s):  
Syopiansyah Jaya Putra Nur Aeni Hidayah Yuni Sugiarti
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Functional Information ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Credit Score ◽  
Static Information ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Functional Position

diterima: 08 Februari 2013; dikembalikan untuk revisi: 20 Februari 2013; disetujui: 25 Februari 2013.Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor dominan dalam implementasi layanan jabatan fungsional dosen berbasis TIK, dan menyusun rancangan statis sistem informasi jabatan fungsional dosen. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode explanatory research terhadap dosen di UIN Jakarta, UIN Yogyakarta, dan UIN Bandung. Data dianalisis menggunakan teknik deskriptif dan regresi linear. Hasil penelitian ini yaitu ditemukannya faktor faktor yang dominan mempengaruhi pengajuan jabatan fungsional adalah wawasan tentang Jafung, Prosedur pengusulan, dukungan kebijakan pimpinan Perguruan Tinggi dan beban tugas mengajar. Variabel-variabel tersebut di jadikan sebagai informasi statis,dalam tampilan sistem informasi jabatan fungsional berbasis TIK. Sistem Jabatan Fungsional berbasis TIK ini dapat dimanfaatkan para dosen dalam memproses pengusulan dan perhitungan angka kredit secara mudah, cepat dan efektif. Oleh karena itu perguruan tinggi (negeri/swasta) perlu mendorong pengembangan dan pemanfaatan sistem informasi jabatan fungsional tersebut. Begitu pula para dosen perlu membiasakan pemanfaatan sistem informasi berbasis TIK dalam memudahkan mengimplementasikan jabatanfungsional dosen.Kata kunci: jabatan fungsional dosen, teknologi informasi dan komunikasi, sistem informasi jafung berbasis TIK.Abstract: This study aimed to analyze the dominant factors in the implementation of ICT-based functional lecturer, and static draft functional information systems lecturer. This study used the explanatory research lecturer at UIN Jakarta, UIN Yogyakarta, and UIN Bandung. Data were analyzed using descriptive and linear regression techniques. Results of this study was the discovery that the dominant factors affecting fungsional position submission were insight into the functional position, nomination procedures, policy support of university leader and teaching workload. These variables were used as static information in ICT-based functional position information system display.The ICT-based functional position system could be used by a lecturer in the nomination process and credit score calculation easily, fast and effectively. Therefore universities (public/private) needed to encourage the development and utilization of the functional information systems. Similarly, the teachers needed to get used to the use of ICT based information system to facilitate implementing functional lecturer.Keywords: functional lecturers, information and communication technology, ICT-based information systems jafung.

scholarly journals Do segregated housing markets have a spillover effect on housing prices in nearby residential areas?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ismail ◽  
Abukar Warsame ◽  
Mats Wilhelmsson
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Housing Prices ◽  
Spillover Effect ◽  
Housing Markets ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
High Income ◽  
Housing Values ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Property Assessment

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the trends regarding housing segregation over the past 10–20 years and determine whether housing segregation has a spillover effect on neighbouring housing areas. Namely, the authors set out to determine whether proximity to a specific type of segregated housing market has a negative impact on nearby housing markets while proximity to another type of segregated market has a positive impact. Design/methodology/approach For the purposes of this paper, the authors must combine information on segregation within a city with information on property values in the city. The authors have, therefore, used data on the income of the population and data on housing values taken from housing transactions. The case study used is the city of Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The empirical analysis will be the estimation of the traditional hedonic pricing model. It will be estimated for the condominium market. Findings The results indicate that segregation, when measured as income sorting, has increased over time in some of the housing markets. Its effects on housing values in neighbouring housing areas are significant and statistically significant. Research limitations/implications A better understanding of the different potential spillover effects on housing prices in relation to the spatial distribution of various income groups would be beneficial in determining appropriate property assessment levels. In other words, awareness of this spillover effect could improve existing property assessment methods and provide local governments with extra information to make an informed decision on policies and services needed in different neighbourhoods. Practical implications On housing prices emanating from proximity to segregated areas with high income differs from segregated areas with low income, policies that address socio-economic costs and benefits, as well as property assessment levels, should reflect this pronounced difference. On the property level, positive spillover on housing prices near high-income segregated areas will cause an increase in the number of higher income groups and exacerbate segregation based on income. Contrarily, negative spillover on housing prices near low-income areas might discourage high-income households from moving to a location near low-income segregated areas. Local government should be aware of these spillover effects on housing prices to ensure that policies intended to reduce socioeconomic segregation, such as residential and income segregation, produce desirable results. Social implications Furthermore, a good estimation of these spillover effects on housing prices would allow local governments to carry out a cost–benefit analysis for policies intended to combat segregation and invest in deprived communities. Originality/value The main contribution of this paper is to go beyond the traditional studies of segregation that mainly emphasise residential segregation based on income levels, i.e. low-income or high-income households. The authors have analysed the spillover effect of proximity to hot spots (high income) and cold spots (low income) on the housing values of nearby condominiums or single-family homes within segregated areas in Stockholm Municipality in 2013.

scholarly journals Demand- and supply-side factors affecting utilisation and provision of maternal health services under the free maternal health care policy in one municipality in Northern Ghana

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong ◽  
Alex Y Wang ◽  
Caroline SE Homer
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Policy ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Care Policy ◽  
Maternal Deaths ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Emergency Transport ◽  
Supply Side Factors

Abstract BackgroundA free maternal health care policy was introduced in Ghana in 2008 to cater for the health needs of pregnant women for the reduction of maternal deaths. Experiences from other regions and countries show that demand- and supply-side factors often affect the success of such policies although this is unknown in this context. The study aimed to assess demand- and supply-side factors affecting the utilisation and provision of services during pregnancy under the policy. MethodsA convergent parallel mixed methods study was undertaken, collecting quantitative and qualitative data. The study was carried out in the Kassena-Nankana East Municipality in Ghana. Questionnaire were used to collect data from women (n=406) who utilised services during pregnancy. Focus group discussions with women (n=10) and in-depth interviews with midwives and nurses (n=25) were also conducted. Quantitative data were analysed and presented using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data were audio-recorded, transcribed and coded using themes and sub-themes. ResultsBoth demand- and supply-side factors impacted the use and provision of services. Distance and time to facilities challenged the use of services. Supply-side factors such as laboratory services, equipment, drugs and supplies were not adequately available. Antenatal, childbirth and postnatal services were carried out together in the same rooms at the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) compounds. Emergency transport was also unavailable for referral of emergencies. ConclusionDemand- and supply-side factors were reported to impede the use and provision of services. Government and stakeholders should prioritise building as well as expanding the infrastructure of CHPS compounds. Emergency transport for women should also be provided. These together may contribute to improving the use and provision of services, leading to a reduction in maternal deaths and achievement of universal health coverage.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting on Gaining a Sustainable Competitive Advantage for Sri Lankan Higher Educational Institutes

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Liyanachchi Mahesha Harshani De Silva ◽  
Charith D. Chitraranjan
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Student Teacher Relationship ◽  
Good Reputation

Over the past few years, number of seats has grown significantly in Higher Education Institutes (HEI), thus it becomes prudent to look at the ways of improving decision making of the HEI. Thus, the aim of this study is to investigate factors affecting the sustainable competitive advantage. Since literature does not support strong underpinnings in this area, an exploratory and grounded theory-based study was designed to conduct this study. The main contribution of this research is that we propose factors to consider for an HEI to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Our findings indicate that proper student-teacher relationship, maintaining good reputation, maintaining a high rank and good indexing’s, maintain good relationships with industries, student participation in competitions, accreditation from reputable institutions are the most significant factors affecting the sustainable competitive advantage (AA) within Sri Lankan HEIs. To remain competitive and obtain competitive advantages, HEI decision makers can try to increase organizational performance by managing each dimension of core competence, i.e. Market profile; Innovation and Core Competencies.

scholarly journals Evaluation Model and Empirical Study on the Competitiveness of the County Silicon Crystal Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5360
Author(s):  
Pan ◽  
Peng ◽  
Peng ◽  
Zhang ◽  
Zeng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystalline Silicon ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Silicon Crystal ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Policy Support ◽  
Added Value ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Resource Endowment

The silicon crystal industry is an emerging industry that uses silicon ore to obtain crystalline silicon and silicon micropower through processing. The China silicon crystal industry generally suffers from poor market supervision and low added-value products, which decreases the industry’s competitiveness and affects overall economic development. This study used the SWOT–PEST model to analyze the internal and external factors, constructed the county competitiveness evaluation index system with four dimensions and 20 variables, and used the gray correlation evaluation model to conduct empirical research on data on the competitiveness of the silicon crystal industry in Suichuan and in another three counties. Compared with the industrial competitiveness in the other three counties, the competitiveness in Suichuan County is still relatively low, but it has been increasing rapidly in recent years. The silicon crystal industry in Suichuan County has great advantages, such as resource endowment, energy, and policy support. The main factors affecting the competitiveness of the silicon crystal industry in Suichuan County are the number of brands, the situation of foreign exports, and the output of silicon products. Therefore, Suichuan County should adjust the silicon crystal industry based on these evaluation results to promote the sustainable development of this industry.

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