scholarly journals Deciding Where to Live in The Suburb: Linking Utility-Maximization and Residential Mobility in Polycentric Urban Region Context

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erie Sadewo ◽  
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Delik Hudalah ◽  
Ibnu Syabri ◽  
Pradono Pradono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Decision Making Unit ◽  
Economic Survey ◽  
Employment Location

In a polycentric urban structure, the commuting pattern which was traditionally directed from the suburban to CBD, is becoming more complex with increasing reverse- and cross-commuting activities. This paper is aimed to provide empirical evidence which validating the importance of utility-maximizing parameters, derived from the monocentric model, in the context of post-suburbanized polycentric urban region. It questioning to which extent of different residential mobility between municipalities could be linked to the variation of such parameters. Focusing on the frontier areas of Jakarta Metropolitan Area (JMA), Indonesia, each municipality within the region is treated as a Decision-Making Unit which intend to maximizing co-location between residential and employment uses. Using the data from the 2017 National Socio-Economic Survey (SUSENAS), the analysis was simply taken by comparing the aggregative-mean of income, housing-cost and transportation cost data from each municipal in JMAs periphery. The Data Envelope Analysis (DEA) was used for measure how these utility-maximizing parameters related with inter-suburban migration flows. The results show that housing cost is the only utility which still has significant impact in polycentric setting. Moreover, the area with lowest utility value tends to be the most efficient in attracting in-migrant. It implies that residential mobility within suburban areas does not motivated by lower housing or transportation cost, nor to get near to major employment location. Thus, workers heterogeneity and behavioral aspect may have played bigger role in residential mobility of polycentric urban setting.

The Jihadogenic Urban Structure

2021 ◽  
pp. 291-332
Author(s):  
Farhad Khosrokhavar
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Local History ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Dominant Structure

A jihadogenic urban structure is an urban setting that has been the stage for the departure of high numbers of jihadi agents to Syria in comparison with other districts. The dominant structure is a deprived poor district and in a minority of cases a specific poor or middle-class neighborhood. Chapter 6 explores the locations from which large numbers of jihadists have made the trip to Syria and the conditions that characterize these areas. In Europe, the geographic location of jihadism has been overwhelmingly urban, with two major exceptions. The first is the Islamist community of Artigat in France. The second is the Balkans and rural Bosnia. Regarding those urban dwellings where jihadism prospered, we can study local history, youth networks, and charismatic leaders who played a key role in the radicalization of the settlers. The intrinsic peculiarity of the urban setting seems not to exist in middle-class districts, in contrast to the poor ethnic districts where structural factors led to the radicalization of disaffected youth.

scholarly journals Measuring Young Professionals’ Housing Affordability in Greater Kuala Lumpur

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.30) ◽  
pp. 334
Author(s):  
Nor Suzylah Sohaimi ◽  
Alias Abdullah ◽  
Syafiee Shuid
Keyword(s):  
Household Income ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Housing Affordability ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Residual Income Approach

A plethora of approaches applied for measuring the housing affordability. Undoubtedly, the housing cost and household income are ubiquitous predictors to address the housing affordability. Besides, housing policies also receive an enormous attention in debating this issue. This study, therefore, presents the predictors of transportation cost along with other factors in addressing housing affordability for young professionals. Equally, important, individual life event is also highlighted as this matter is being given less attention. By adopting these dimensions, it is idyllic in associating the study gap. Young professionals are individuals aged between 25 and 35 years old and either working or living in Greater Kuala Lumpur with at least a bachelor’s degree qualification and registered through the professional firm. The purpose of the study is first, to measure young professionals’ affordability by underpinning the residual income approach and second, to explore the affordability through the housing trajectories concept. Thus, 290 survey data were analysed using the binary logistic regression. The study found that the predictors such as the presence of children, professional for engineer and quantity surveyor, employment status of permanent and other, household expenditure, household income, housing cost, transportation cost, housing location of Petaling Jaya and Putrajaya, are statistically significant to the housing affordability.  

Transportation Cost of Anticoagulation Clinic Visits in an Urban Setting

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 635-640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie M. Hwang ◽  
Jennifer Clemente ◽  
Krishna P. Sharma ◽  
Thomas N. Taylor ◽  
Candice L. Garwood
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Anticoagulation Clinic ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Clinic Visits

Spatial Organization and the Residential Experience: Black Cincinnati in 1850

1986 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry L. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Urban Community ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Residential Patterns ◽  
Geographic Space ◽  
Residential Experience

Although the role of strategically situated black Cincinnati as a gateway to freedom in the period before the Civil War has been well documented, the internal structure of this dynamic black urban community and its evolution within the larger urban setting has proved a more elusive subject (Woodson, 1916; Wade, 1954; Ellwein, 1964; Lammermeier, 1970; Riley, 1971; Berlin, 1976; Curry, 1981; Horton, 1984). In the antebellum period, as in our own age, residential location determined the type and quality of housing one might occupy, the employment opportunities and the public and private facilities accessible to the resident, and the overall physical, economic, political, and social setting in which urban residents lived and raised their families. Moreover, in the commercial era, before the advent of modern intraurban transport, the residential structure was the foundation upon which the entire social life and the organizational structure of urban life was built. An understanding of residential patterns, and of the location of the black community in geographic space and in the context of the evolving urban structure, is therefore a critical prerequisite to understanding what life in the antebellum black urban community was like.

scholarly journals Boundary spanning for governance of climate change adaptation in cities: Insights from a Dutch urban region

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 837-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Dąbrowski
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Urban Climate ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Adaptation Policies ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Urban Adaptation

Adapting to climate change in the urban setting requires cooperation across scales, levels of government, organisational boundaries and policy sectors. The study presented in the paper explores governance of urban adaptation policies through the conceptual lens of multi-level governance and boundary spanning. It focuses on the South Wing of the Randstad in The Netherlands, an urban region that is heavily exposed to the negative impacts of climate change, particularly to flooding, due to its location in the Rhine-Meuse delta and concentration of population and economic activity. Yet, it is also a region with strong traditions of cooperation and a track record of pioneering urban climate change measures. The study investigates how the features of the wider institutional context, in which this urban region operates shape the governance of urban adaptation policies and how the contextual factors constrain the scope for spanning horizontal, vertical and temporal boundaries needed for delivering those policies and making the cities of that region more climate-proof.

Comparisons of Transport and Dispersion Model Predictions of the Mock Urban Setting Test Field Experiment

2006 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1414-1428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Warner ◽  
Nathan Platt ◽  
James F. Heagy ◽  
Jason E. Jordan ◽  
George Bieberbach
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiment ◽  
Dispersion Model ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Sonic Anemometer ◽  
The United States ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Region ◽  
Test Field ◽  
Obstacle Array ◽  
Meteorological Observations

Abstract The potential effects of a terrorist attack involving the atmospheric release of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or other hazardous materials continue to be of concern to the United States. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has developed a Hazard Prediction Assessment Capability (HPAC) that includes initial features to address hazardous releases within an urban environment. Improved characterization and understanding of urban transport and dispersion are required to allow for more robust modeling. In 2001, a scaled urban setting was created in the desert of Utah using shipping containers, and tracer gases were released. This atmospheric tracer and meteorological study is known as the Mock Urban Setting Test (MUST). This paper describes the creation of sets of HPAC predictions and comparisons with the MUST field experiment. Strong consistency between the conclusions of this study and a previously reported HPAC evaluation that relied on urban tracer observations within the downtown area of Salt Lake City was found. For example, in both cases, improved predictions were associated with the inclusion of a simple empirically based urban dispersion model within HPAC, whereas improvements associated with the inclusion of a more computationally intensive wind field module were not found. The use of meteorological observations closest to the array and well above the obstacle array—the sonic anemometer measurements 16 m above ground level—resulted in predictions with the best fit to the observed tracer concentrations. The authors speculate that including meteorological observations or vertical wind profiles above or upwind of an urban region might be a sufficient input to create reasonable HPAC hazard-area predictions.

scholarly journals Financial Cost, Salary and the Impact Towards Coronary Heart Disease in Selangor

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Mohamad Hafiz Rosli ◽  
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Juliza Mohamed ◽  
Aza Azlina Md Kassim ◽  
Zainal Azhar Zainal Azim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Financial Distress ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
World Health ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Public Health Department ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the many non-communicable diseases (NCD). The World Health Organization (WHO) had reported that CHD has caused the death of 17.9 million people, representing 31% of global deaths. From this number, 85% are due to heart attacks and stroke. In Malaysia, CHD remained as the principal cause of death in 2018 with 18,627 deaths contributing to 15.6 percent of total deaths in Malaysia. Among the factors that could lead to CHD is hypertension. Chronic stress such as financial distress could lead to hypertension. Recently, the cost of living in Malaysia has increased significantly. This study intended to examine the impact of housing cost, transportation cost, self-education cost and salary towards CHD. The data was gathered by a survey questionnaire with 300 CHD respondents in Selangor. Multiple regression analysis was used for data analysis. The findings indicated that self-education costs and salary have significant a relationship with CHD. This research is expected to benefit policymakers in understanding the cost of living in Malaysia and to the public health department in their future policy and decision making processes on CHD prevention initiatives. Lastly, this study is expected to enrich the literature on CHD and cost of living.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD AFFORDABILITY BASED ON HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soheil Sabri ◽  
Ahmad Nazri M. Ludin ◽  
Foziah Johar
Keyword(s):  
Affordable Housing ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Public Transport ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Transportation Cost ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Housing Cost ◽  
Transit Oriented Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Medium Cost

One of the primary aims of transit-oriented development (TOD) is to reduce auto dependency, especially for low-income as well as senior residents. This study aims at providing some guiding principles for development of affordable housing with respect to TOD concept. As such, the study employed an index called Affordability Index (AI) and adapted for the study area to assess the neighbourhoods' affordability. It is composed of housing cost, household transportation cost, and household income. The analyses were conducted on three neighbourhoods in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The results reveal that the AI is lower for both owners and renters in the neighbourhood farther away from the LRT station, where there is less public transit facility, despite the existence of more affordable housing. On the contrary, the index is high in the neighbourhood where the distance to LRT station is shorter, connectivity index is higher, and there are more public transport facilities, despite the presence of high- and medium-cost housings. These findings can be used to plan for suitable public transport facilities in view of neighbourhood affordability.

scholarly journals Novel insights from point-dendrometers in an urban setting: linking environmental variation to fluctuations in stem radius

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin L. Griffin ◽  
Thomas G. Harris ◽  
Sarah Bruner ◽  
Patrick McKenzie ◽  
Jeremy Hise
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Tree Growth ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Urban Environments ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Growth Data ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Predictive Understanding

AbstractBackgroundThe unique environment of urban/suburban areas affects tree growth in surprising and currently unrecognized ways. Real-time monitoring of tree growth could provide novel information about these trees and the myriad ecosystem services they provide.MethodsInternet enabled, high-resolution point dendrometers were installed on four trees in Southampton, NY. The instruments, along with a weather station, streamed data to a project web page that was updated once an hour. (https://ecosensornetwork.com).ResultsRadial growth of spruce began April 14 after the accumulation of 69.7 °C growing degrees days and ended September 7th. Cedar growth began later (4/26), after the accumulation of 160.6 °C and ended later (11/3). During our observations, these three modest suburban trees sequestered 108.3 kg of CO2. Growth took place primarily at night and was best predicted by a combination of air temperature, soil moisture, VPD and interaction terms.ConclusionsThis project’s two-year time series provided insights into the growth of trees in a residential area. Linking tree growth to fluctuations in environmental conditions facilitates the development of a mechanistic predictive understanding useful for ecosystem management and growth forecasting across future altering climates. Live-streaming tree growth data enables a deeper appreciation of the biological activity of trees and the ecosystem services they provide in urban environments and thus can be a powerful tool connecting urban social and ecological systems.

scholarly journals The Impact of Economic Crisis in Areas of Sprawl in Spanish Cities

Urban Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlinda García-Coll ◽  
Cristina López-Villanueva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Middle Term ◽  
The Real Estate ◽  
Suburban Areas ◽  
Explanatory Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

The development of dispersed urbanism in Spain ran parallel to the real estate boom and consolidated a new model of city sprawl based on the expansion of suburban areas. This process, which started in the mid 1980s, came to a halt with the onset of the economic crisis in 2007. With it, construction stopped, mobility fell, and urban growth came to a standstill. The purpose of this article is, firstly, to analyse the recent evolution and chronology of the expansion of dispersed urbanism in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region (BMR) in order to gain an insight into some of its explanatory factors, and secondly, to look into the future middle-term prospects of dispersed urbanism in the BMR and Spain. To this end, we examine trends in the housing market and residential mobility and take stock of the impact of business cycles on them. The conclusion is that dispersed areas still retain their appeal for people in the life stages of the creation and expansion of households. For this reason, an effective economic recovery and a renewed rise in the price of housing in denser cities may contribute to an upturn in the popularity of the dispersed residential model, which nowadays could be considered to be in a ‘lethargic’ phase, waiting for certain factors to concur and reactivate its expansion.

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