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Residential Location, Travel Behaviour, and Energy Use: Hangzhou Metropolitan Area Compared to Copenhagen

Petter Næss

Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, petter{at}plan.aau.dk

This paper presents the results of a study of the influence of residential locations on travelling behaviour in the Hangzhou Metropolitan Area in China. Based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, the study shows that the location of a dwelling, relative to the centre structure of Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, can exert a considerable influence on the travelling behaviour of the respondents included in the survey. On average, people living close to downtown Hangzhou used less energy for transport. They travelled less in total and made a greater share of their journeys by bike or on foot.

The location of the dwelling relative to the closest second-order and third-order centre can also influence travelling, but not to the same extent as the location of the residence relative to the city centre of Hangzhou. The geographical differences in travelling behaviour exist independently of residential preferences and attitudes to transport and environmental issues and therefore cannot be explained by residential self-selection. Instead, a number of rationales for travel behaviour identified in the qualitative interviews showed important links in the causal mechanisms by which residential location can influence travel.

Key Words: Residential location • Travel • Energy use • Qualitative • Quantitative • China

Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 18, No. 5, 382-395 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X09346215
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