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- Title
Minimum commuting distance as a spatial characteristic in a non-monocentric urban system: The case of Flanders.
- Authors
Boussauw, Kobe; Neutens, Tijs; Witlox, Frank
- Abstract
This paper focuses on regional variations in commuting trip lengths by calculating minimum (required) commuting distances, along with excess commuting rates. The study contributes to the excess commuting research framework from a regional perspective, both by stressing the specific characteristics of urban networks with overlapping commute areas, and by putting forward an alternative method for calculating spatially disaggregated values. A case study in the north of Belgium shows that large variations in minimum commuting distances occur. This in turn identifies to a large extent opportunities for shrinking commuting distances by influences such as rising fuel prices, compact urban planning, extreme congestion or dissuasive traffic policies.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; COMMUTING; TRANSPORTATION rates; URBAN transportation; PETROLEUM product sales &; prices; URBAN planning; TRAFFIC congestion
- Publication
Papers in Regional Science, 2011, Vol 90, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1056-8190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00295.x