Disentangling the effects of the built environment on car ownership: A multi-level analysis of Chinese cities
Disentangling the effects of the built environment on car ownership: A multi-level analysis of Chinese cities
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.002
复制
发表时间：
2017-12
期刊：
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Chun Yin;Bindong Sun
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Chun Yin;Bindong Sun
减少对汽车交通的依赖是学者和政策制定者的共同目标，其中一个要素是拥有汽车。这篇论文有助于我们理解社会经济属性、建筑环境和汽车保有量之间的联系。本研究以2012年中国的3,480人为样本，考察了社区和城市两个层面的建成环境对汽车拥有量的影响及其对家庭收入的调节作用。结果表明，两个层面的建成环境因素都对汽车保有量有显著影响，其中一些因素缓解了家庭收入对汽车保有量的影响，而另一些因素则加强了家庭收入对汽车保有量的影响。因此，城市交通政策应注重社区和城市层面的建成环境，促进紧凑型发展，以限制汽车保有量，鼓励更可持续的出行方式。此外，政策不应忽视个人社会经济属性和建筑环境之间的相互影响，因为它们的方向是不同的。
Reducing the reliance on car-based transportation is a common goal of academics and policy makers, one element of which is car-ownership. This paper contributes to our understanding of the links between socio-economic attributes, the built environment and car ownership. Based on a sample of 3480 individuals across China in 2012, this study examines the impacts of the built environment at both neighborhood and city levels on car ownership and its moderating effects on household income. The results indicate that built environment elements at both levels affect car ownership significantly, and while some elements mitigate the effects of household income on car ownership, others strengthen them. Thus, urban transportation policy should focus on the built environment at both the neighborhood and city levels and promote compact development for the sake of restraining car ownership and encouraging more sustainable modes of travel. Moreover, policy should not ignore the interaction effects between individual socio-economic attributes and the built environment, as their directions are heterogeneous.