The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts
The neighborhood effect on keeping non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods has not yet been investigated in developing countries. The modeling of non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods helps understand how to avoid unnecessary journeys by car into different parts of the city. This paper, therefor...
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| description | The neighborhood effect on keeping non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods has not yet been investigated in developing countries. The modeling of non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods helps understand how to avoid unnecessary journeys by car into different parts of the city. This paper, therefore, attempts to clarify (1) the similarities and differences in the socioeconomic characteristics and the perceptions of people in sprawled and compact neighborhoods, (2) correlations between, on the one hand, the choice of destinations of non-commuting trips for shopping and entertainment activities and, on the other, the socioeconomic features, travel behavior, and perceptions of residents in the two large Pakistani cities of Lahore and Rawalpindi, (3) the similarities and differences in the determinants of non-commuting destinations inside neighborhoods in compact and sprawled districts. The paper develops four Binary Logistic (BL) regression models, with two models for each type of neighborhood. The findings show that trips to shopping areas inside compact districts are correlated with a sense of belonging to the neighborhood, frequency of public transport use, residential location, and mode choice of non-commuting trips to destinations both inside and outside the neighborhood. On the other hand, the number of non-commuting trips, mode choice for non-commuting trips outside the neighborhood, frequency of public transport use, the attractiveness of shops, and monthly income (please see the Note) are significant determinants for trips to the shopping area in sprawled districts. Age, gender, possession of a driver’s license, income, number of non-commuting trips, mode choice for non-commuting trips outside of the neighborhood, car ownership, and attractiveness of shops in a neighborhood are correlated with trips to entertainment locations inside the neighborhood in compact districts. Finally, the attractiveness of shops, quality of social and recreational facilities, a sense of belonging to a neighborhood, choice of residential location, gender, age, possession of a driver’s license, number of cars in the household, and income are determinants of trips to entertainment locations in sprawled districts. A chi-square test confirms the differences across gender, daily activity, monthly income, frequency of public transport use, residential location choice, and the quality of social and recreational facilities for sprawled and compact districts in Pakistan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-afd9861dfbdb4ffe8fbd987e34afed292023-11-23T00:02:23ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2021-11-011011124510.3390/land10111245The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled DistrictsMelika Mehriar0Houshmand Masoumi1Atif Bilal Aslam2Syed Mubasher Gillani3Center for Technology and Society, Technische Universität Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Alle 104, 10553 Berlin, GermanyCenter for Technology and Society, Technische Universität Berlin, Kaiserin-Augusta-Alle 104, 10553 Berlin, GermanyDepartment of City and Regional Planning, University of Engineering and Technology, 54890 G.T. Road, Lahore 54000, PakistanDepartment of City and Regional Planning, University of Engineering and Technology, 54890 G.T. Road, Lahore 54000, PakistanThe neighborhood effect on keeping non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods has not yet been investigated in developing countries. The modeling of non-commuting trips inside neighborhoods helps understand how to avoid unnecessary journeys by car into different parts of the city. This paper, therefore, attempts to clarify (1) the similarities and differences in the socioeconomic characteristics and the perceptions of people in sprawled and compact neighborhoods, (2) correlations between, on the one hand, the choice of destinations of non-commuting trips for shopping and entertainment activities and, on the other, the socioeconomic features, travel behavior, and perceptions of residents in the two large Pakistani cities of Lahore and Rawalpindi, (3) the similarities and differences in the determinants of non-commuting destinations inside neighborhoods in compact and sprawled districts. The paper develops four Binary Logistic (BL) regression models, with two models for each type of neighborhood. The findings show that trips to shopping areas inside compact districts are correlated with a sense of belonging to the neighborhood, frequency of public transport use, residential location, and mode choice of non-commuting trips to destinations both inside and outside the neighborhood. On the other hand, the number of non-commuting trips, mode choice for non-commuting trips outside the neighborhood, frequency of public transport use, the attractiveness of shops, and monthly income (please see the Note) are significant determinants for trips to the shopping area in sprawled districts. Age, gender, possession of a driver’s license, income, number of non-commuting trips, mode choice for non-commuting trips outside of the neighborhood, car ownership, and attractiveness of shops in a neighborhood are correlated with trips to entertainment locations inside the neighborhood in compact districts. Finally, the attractiveness of shops, quality of social and recreational facilities, a sense of belonging to a neighborhood, choice of residential location, gender, age, possession of a driver’s license, number of cars in the household, and income are determinants of trips to entertainment locations in sprawled districts. A chi-square test confirms the differences across gender, daily activity, monthly income, frequency of public transport use, residential location choice, and the quality of social and recreational facilities for sprawled and compact districts in Pakistan.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1245neighborhood effectself-sufficiencynon-commuting tripscompactsprawledPakistan |
| spellingShingle | Melika Mehriar Houshmand Masoumi Atif Bilal Aslam Syed Mubasher Gillani The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts Land neighborhood effect self-sufficiency non-commuting trips compact sprawled Pakistan |
| title | The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts |
| title_full | The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts |
| title_fullStr | The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts |
| title_short | The Neighborhood Effect on Keeping Non-Commuting Journeys within Compact and Sprawled Districts |
| title_sort | neighborhood effect on keeping non commuting journeys within compact and sprawled districts |
| topic | neighborhood effect self-sufficiency non-commuting trips compact sprawled Pakistan |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1245 |
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