Neighborhood Walkability and Housing Affordability among US Urban Areas
Neighborhood Walkability and Housing Affordability among US Urban Areas
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DOI：
10.3390/urbansci3010011
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发表时间：
2019-03-01
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2
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Bereitschaft, Bradley
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作者：
Bereitschaft, Bradley
随着对可步行城市空间的支持和需求的增加，学术界和实践者越来越关注日益增加的排他性，特别是在设施丰富的地区。本研究从住房可负担性的角度考察了社区步行性的公平性，从社区居民和周边大都市区家庭的角度出发，询问更适合步行的城市社区是否有更少的可负担住房。考虑到可能影响住房负担能力的其他因素，包括沿海距离、犯罪、铁路交通、住房年龄、住房面积和就业可及性，结果表明，住房负担能力较低主要是针对已经居住在可步行社区的租房家庭，而不是那些希望从同一大都市地区搬到更可步行社区的人。对美国三个大城市的案例研究，北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特、宾夕法尼亚州的匹兹堡和俄勒冈州的波特兰，强调了步行能力与住房负担能力关系的地方差异。
With support and demand for walkable urban spaces on the rise, there has been growing concern among academics and practitioners of increasing exclusivity, particularly in amenity-rich areas. This study examines equity in neighborhood walkability from the perspective of housing affordability, asking whether more walkable urban neighborhoods have less affordable housing from the viewpoint of both neighborhood residents and households within the encompassing metropolitan region. While considering additional factors that may affect housing affordability, including coastal proximity, crime, rail access, housing age, housing size, and employment accessibility, the results indicate lower housing affordability primarily for renter households already living in walkable neighborhoods, but not for those looking to move to a more walkable neighborhood from within the same metropolitan area. Case studies of three large U.S. urban areas, Charlotte, NC, Pittsburgh, PA, and Portland, OR, highlight local variations in the walkability-housing affordability nexus.