PROGRESS IN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2018, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (9): 1277-1290.doi: 10.18306/dlkxjz.2018.09.010

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Interaction between commuting modes and job-housing imbalance in metropolis: An empirical study by Bayesian-tobit analysis in Beijing

Lifan SHEN1(), Chun ZHANG2,*(), He LI3, Ye WANG4   

  1. 1. School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
    2. School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
    3. International Finance Institute, Bank of China, Beijing 100818, China
    4. Guangzhou Planning & Design Survey Research Institute, Guangzhou 510030, China;
  • Received:2018-01-09 Revised:2018-06-02 Online:2018-09-28 Published:2018-09-28
  • Contact: Chun ZHANG E-mail:495062785@foxmail.com;zhangc@bjtu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 51678029, No. 51778039;Specific Research Project of China Urban Rail Transit Association, No. A17M00080

Abstract:

The spatial span of residents' job-housing places is increasingly expanded with urban sprawl. The diversity of commuting modes and improvement of commuting efficiency will affect commuters' previous job-housing imbalance. Commuting time as cost of commuting will contribute to better analyzing job-housing condition from commuters' perspective. Based on the statistical method of Bayesian-tobit and individual survey data of 7 sub-districts in Beijing, this study examined the interaction between four kinds of commuting modes (slow traffic, automobile, urban rail transit, and bus) and job-housing imbalance. Meanwhile, this study set employment accessibility and land use mix as moderator variables and explored their impacts on the relationship between varies commuting modes and job-housing imbalance. The study findings indicate that: (1) There is a negative relationship between commuting mode of slow traffic and job-housing imbalance. (2) By contrast, there is a positive dependency among automobile, urban rail transit, and bus and job-housing imbalance. (3) Employment accessibility and land use mix would weaken the original relationship among slow traffic, urban rail transit, and bus and job-housing imbalance. Specifically, under relatively low employment accessibility and land use mix conditions, the job-housing imbalance degree of slow traffic commuters is lower, while the job-housing imbalance degree of urban rail transit and bus commuters is higher. (4) Nevertheless, the relationship between commuting modes and job-housing imbalance will not be affected by employment accessibility and land use mix. These results suggest that (1) worse condition of employment accessibility and land use mixt can alleviate jobs-housing imbalance of commuters who use slow traffic. (2) However, lower value of employment accessibility and land use mix degree will aggravate job-housing imbalance of commuters. (3) In addition, the commuting behavior of automobile users will not be easily influenced by external factors.

Key words: commuting modes, job-housing imbalance, employment accessibility, land use mix, Bayesian-tobit, Beijing