scholarly journals Rental Location Choice Characteristics and Tendencies of Migrants in Guangzhou, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Xiaoli Yue ◽  
Lu Jiang ◽  
Hong’ou Zhang ◽  
Xueying Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Class ◽  
Urban Geography ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Location Choices ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
Business District

The inner-urban residential location choice is a topic of continuing interest in urban geography. However, not much research has been done on migrants’ rental location choices. Based on data from a questionnaire completed by 276 migrant renters in Guangzhou, this paper analyzes the demographics and social class characteristics of migrants, and the condition and location of housing preferred by this population. The results show that the migrants in Guangzhou mainly rent in the Center Business District (CBD) area (Tianhe District) and Huangpu, Panyu and Haizhu districts. The main reason for this choice of location choices is the houses’ convenience to their workplaces. A second reason is that nearby subways make travel convenient, for consumption and daily life, for children to go to school, and for access to large shopping centers/malls.

scholarly journals Examining Spatial Heterogeneity Effects of Landscape and Environment on the Residential Location Choice of the Highly Educated Population in Guangzhou, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3869
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Kangmin Wu ◽  
Jing Qin ◽  
Changjian Wang ◽  
Hong’ou Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Reference Value ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Location Choices ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
Population Proportion ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Global Regression ◽  
Heterogeneity Effects

The residential location choice of the highly educated population is an important consideration to construct a livable city. While landscape and environment are important factors, few studies have deeply analyzed the spatial heterogeneity effects of landscape and environment on the residential location choices of a highly educated population. Taking Guangzhou as the sample, we built a livability-oriented conceptual framework of landscape and environment, and constructed datasets for highly educated population proportion, landscape, and environment factors, and other influencing factors for Guangzhou’s 1364 communities. Global regression and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models are used for analysis. The GWR model is more effective than the global regression model. We found spatial heterogeneity in the strength and direction of the relationship between the highly educated population proportion and landscape and environment. We find that landscape and environment exert spatial heterogeneity effects on the residential location choice of the highly educated population in Guangzhou. The conclusions will be of reference value to further understand how the spatial limitations of landscape and environment affect residential location choices. This study will help city managers formulate spatially differentiated environment improvement policies, thereby increasing the city’s sustainable development capabilities.

Influence of Accessibility on Residential Location Choice

2005 ◽  
Vol 1902 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Zondag ◽  
Marits Pieters
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Transport System ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Significant Variable ◽  
Location Choices ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
Residential Moves ◽  
Time Variables

There has been substantial discussion among planners about the influence of transport in residential location choices. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the importance of accessibility in explaining residential location choices. The paper addresses this issue by presenting and analyzing findings from the literature and results of a housing market estimation study in the Netherlands. The research findings for the Netherlands illustrate that the transport system influences residential moves at three stages: in move–stay choice, estimation results show that households are less likely to move away from a more accessible location; travel time variables are significant for all household types, and therefore changes in the transport system will affect the size of the housing market and search area of the households; the model estimation results suggest that accessibility of a specific location for many household types is not a significant variable in their location choice. Overall, the empirical results suggest that the role of accessibility is significant but small compared with the effect of demographic factors, neighborhood amenities, and dwelling attributes in explaining residential location choices. The empirical findings are confirmed by findings in the literature; the present results are located at the lower end of findings reported in the literature. An important factor contributing to this result is that accessibility changes among regions in the Netherlands are rather small.

ANALYSIS OF COMMUTE CHARATERISTICS AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION CHOICE OF IIUM GOMBAK CAMPUS EMPLOYEES OF MALAYSIA

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Abdul Mohit ◽  
Mootaz Munjid Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Location Choice ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Residential Characteristics ◽  
Learning Institutions

Higher learning institutions, particularly uni versities, are important nodes which can help in decentralizing the monocentric stigma of urban areas by encouraging employment and housing growth in metropolitan areas. The case study Gombak Campus of international Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), located 15 kilometres to the north-west of Kuala Lumpur City, is currently an employment node in the Klang Valley region. Being a node of employment, it is expected to generate residential development in the vicinity of its location by supporting the determining two fac tors of residential location - commuting cost and rent. Although there are certain truths that rent and commute cost are important determinants in households' residential location, other factors also influence residential location decision making. This paper, therefore, attempts to identify an array of factors and the extent to which these factors influence commute and residential attributes of the employees of IIUM Gombak Campus. Findings of this study reveal that there is a significant relationship between commute behaviour and residential characteristics and a number of other factors nonnally overlooked by the mainstream residential location choice models.

scholarly journals Does the accessibility measure influence the results of residential location choice modelling?

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 1147-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis Baraklianos ◽  
Louafi Bouzouina ◽  
Patrick Bonnel ◽  
Hind Aissaoui
Keyword(s):  
Location Choice ◽  
Residential Location ◽  
Choice Modelling ◽  
Residential Location Choice ◽  
Accessibility Measure
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