Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Tabl e 5. 1
(continued)
Study
design
Walking
scenario
Reference
Sample
Environmental attributes
Scale
Method
Results
Wang and
Chai (
2009
)
Beijing
736 heads of
households who
are employed
CS, O
(1) House provided by
danwei
(self-contained work
unit compound); (2) House
provided by private market
Commuting
behavior;
walking is
included in
non-motorized
transport
R&N
Structural
equation model
Danwei
(work-unit) housing
commuters have shorter
commuting trips and higher
usage of non-motorized
transport modes than those
in market housing
Ya n g (
2010
)
Beijing
1,499 workers
from 48
neighborhoods,
with 25
households
surveyed in each
neighborhood
CS, O
Neighborhood location:
Distance to Beijing's
geometric center (
Tian an
men
Square), distance to the
closest job centers and
distance to the closest
subway station
Mode choice
(percentages of
commutes by
various
transport
modes)
R&N
Simple
regression
model
Commuting time and mode
split vary according to the
age of the neighborhood.
The newer the
neighborhood, the higher the
percentage of non-motorized
modes (including walking
and cycling) and the shorter
the commuting time
Zhou and
Deng (2010)
,
Zhou and Liu
(2010)
Guangzhou
1,006 individuals
from 800
household in 11
“street blocks”
that are enclosed
by roads with
1km
2
CS, O
(1)
Housing types:
House
provided by
danwei
,
low-priced welfare housing,
rental housing, commercial
housing, urban village
(
chengzhongcun
), affordable
housing (
jingjishiyongfang
),
etc.; (2).
Housing locations:
Traditional city centers,
transaction zones, fringes of
the city
Daily activities
with mode
choice,
walking may
be included but
not specific
R&N
Distance buffer
analysis
The spatio-temporal activity
patterns vary with different
classes (income). The
activity space of the lower
class is smaller, concentrated
mainly in the inner city and
the area around their
residential communities,
opposite to the higher
income class, who have free
choice of housing
area
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