Exploring preference homogeneity and heterogeneity for proximity to urban public services
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2018
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Ardeshiri, A.
Willis, K.
Ardeshiri, M.
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Cities, 2018; 81:191-202
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Given that the majority of the world's population lives in urban places, the quality of the urban environment hasemerged as an issue of fundamental concern for citizens, academic researchers, and policy makers. This studyexplores residents' preferences and valuation of living in proximity to urban amenities in the built environment.The study demonstrates that environmental evaluation techniques can be used as a tool to help relevant decisionmakers (e.g., urban managers, developers, city officials, planners, realtors and researchers) with policy making,effective decision making and efficient city management procedures. The models indicate how household preferencefor proximity to urban amenities change as a function of the cost of provision as exemplified by a change(increase or decrease) in annual property tax. The study reports the results for two different models: one whichassumes preference homogeneity and the other preference heterogeneity in the sampled population. The resultsshow that older residents and higher educated people are more likely to be willing to pay a higher property taxfor having proximity to parks. Middle and low income residents prefer close proximity to bus stops and localshopping centres. This research suggests that a win-win strategy for residents and local government lies inincreasing and maintaining residents' accessibility to urban amenities, and in increasing an urban area's sustainability.
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Copyright 2018 Elsevier