Home-Based Locational Accessibility to Essential Urban Services: The Case of Wake County, North Carolina, USA

Guoqiang Shen, Zhangye Wang, Long Zhou, Yu Liu and Xiaoyi Yan
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Guoqiang Shen: Department of Public Affairs and Planning, College of Architecture, University of Texas Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019, USA
Zhangye Wang: Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, Taipa, Macau 999078, China
Long Zhou: Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, Taipa, Macau 999078, China
Yu Liu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, China
Xiaoyi Yan: Faculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, Taipa, Macau 999078, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-21

Abstract: Accessibility is an important concept in urban studies and planning, especially on issues related to sustainable transportation planning and urban spatial structure. This paper develops an optimization model to examine the accessibility from single family homes to major urban facilities for services or amenities using geographical information systems. The home-based accessibility to facilities is based upon the point to point direct distance from sampled homes to sampled facilities. Descriptive statistics about the accessibility, such as min/max, mean/median, and standard deviation/variance were computed. Variations of accessibility for a range of categories by home price and year built were also examined. Multivariate linear regression models examining the housing value with respect to home-facility accessibility by facility types were implemented. The results show that desirable urban facilities, which are also more frequently used for livability, enjoy better accessibility than undesirable urban facilities. The home-based accessibility’s positive or negative associations with home price along with year built and/or residential lot size exist for most facilities in general, and by confirming to the literature, the home-facility accessibility in particular does strongly impact home values as evidenced by fair to excellent R 2 values. Accordingly, this research provides evidence-based recommendations for sustainable urban mobility and urban planning.

Keywords: accessibility; single family home; facility; desirable and undesirable; direct distance; multivariate regression; mean/median; year built; home value; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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