Tempest in a teapot: The exaggerated problem of transport-related residential self-selection as a source of error in empirical studies

Journal of Transport and Land Use

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 57-79

  Næss, Petter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919337675     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19387849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.v7i3.491     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Bagley, M. N. & Mokhtarian, P.L. (2002) The impact of residential neighbourhood type on travel behaviour: A structural equations modelling approach. The Annals of Regional Science, 36 (2), pp.279-297. http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00168/papers/2036002/20360279.pdf.
2. Beckmann, J. (2001) Risky Mobility. The filtering of automobility’s unintended consequences. PhD Thesis. Copenhagen: University of Copenhagen.
3. Berry, B. J. L. & Garrison, W. L. (1958) Recent Developments of Central Place Theory. Papers and Proceedings of the Regional Science Association, 4 (1), pp.107-120. doi:10.1111/j.1435-5597.1958.tb01625.x
4. Bhaskar, R. (1998) The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences. 3rd Ed. London and New York: Routledge. (First published 1979.)
5. Bhat, C. R. & Guo, J. (2007) A comprehensive analysis of built environment characteristics on household residential choice and auto ownership levels. Transportation Research B, 41 (5), pp. 506-526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trb.2005.12.005.
6. Boarnet, M & Crane, R. (2001) Travel by Design. The Influence of Urban Form on Travel. New York: Oxford University Press.
7. Bothe, W. (2010) Residential self-selection and travel. The relationship between travel-related attitudes, built environment characteristics and travel behaviour. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
8. Bohte, W., Maat, K. Van Wee, B. (2009) Measuring attitudes in research on residential self-selection and travel behaviour. A review of theories and empirical research. Transport Reviews 29(3), pp. 325-357. doi:10.1080/01441640902808441.
9. Bruegmann, R. (2005) Sprawl: A Compact History. Chicago: Chicago University Press.
10. Cao, X. (2010) Exploring causal effects of neighborhood type on walking behavior using stratification on the propensity score. Environment and Planning A, 42, pp. 487-504. doi:10.1068/a4269.
11. Cao, X.; Mokhtarian, P. L. & Handy, S. (2009) Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-Selection on Travel Behaviour: A Focus on Empirical Findings. Transport Reviews, 29 (3), pp. 359-395. doi:10.1080/01441640802539195.
12. Cao, X.; Xu, F. & Fan, Y. (2010) Exploring the connections among residential location, self-selection, and driving: Propensity score matching with multiple treatments. Transportation Research Part A, 44, pp. 797-805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2010.07.010.
13. Chatman, D. W. (2009) Residential choice, the built environment, and nonwork travel: evidence using new data and methods. Environment and Planning A, 41, pp. 1072-1089. doi:10.1068/a4114.
14. Christaller, W. (1966) Central Places in Southern Germany. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (First published in German in 1933.)
15. Fox, M. (1995) Transport planning and the human activity approach. Journal of Transport Geography, 3 (2), pp.105-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0966-6923(95)00003-L.
16. Hägerstrand, T. (1970) What about People in Regional Science? Papers of the Regional Science Association, 24 (1), pp.7-21. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1435-5597.1970.tb01464.x/abstract.
17. Hammond, D. (2005) Residential Location and Commute Mode Choice. MSc thesis. Cardiff: University of Wales.
18. Handy, S. (1996) Methodologies for Exploring the Link between Urban Form and Travel Behavior. Transportation Research D, 1 (2), pp.151-165. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1361-9209(96)00010-7.
19. Heckman, J. J. (1979) Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error. Econometrica 47 (1), pp.153-161. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1912352.
20. Hellevik, O. (1988) Introduction to Causal Analysis: Exploring Survey Data by Crosstabulation. 2nd Ed. Oslo: Scandinavian University Press.
21. Jacobs, J. (1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities. London: Pimlico.
22. Jones, P. (1978) Destination choice and travel attributes. In: Hensher, D. & Dalvi, Q. (eds): Determinants of travel choice. New York: Praeger, pp.266-311.
23. Kitamura, R.; Mokhtarian, P.L. & Laidet, L. (1997) A micro-analysis of land use and travel in five neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay area. Transportation 24 (2), pp.125-158. doi:10.1023/A:1017959825565.
24. Lewis-Beck, M. (1980) Applied Regression. An Introduction. Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, No. 07-022. Newbury Park/London/New Delhi: Sage Publication.
25. Nielsen, T. S. (2002) Boliglokalisering og transport i Aalborg. (Residential location and transport in Aalborg.) Ph.D. thesis. Aalborg: Aalborg University.
26. Næss, P. (2004) Prediction, Regressions and Critical Realism. Journal of Critical Realism 3 (1), pp.133-164. doi:10.1163/1572513041172713.
27. Næss, P. (2005) Residential Location Affects Travel Behavior - But How and Why? The case of Copenhagen Metropolitan Area. Progress in Planning 63 (2), pp.167-257. doi: 10.1016/j.progress.2004.07.004.
28. Næss, P. (2006a) Urban Structure Matters: Residential location, car dependence and travel behaviour. London/New York: Routledge.
29. Næss, P. (2006b) Accessibility, activity participation and location of activities. Exploring the links between residential location and travel behavior. Urban Studies 43 (3), pp.627-652. doi: 10.1080/00420980500534677.
30. Næss, P. (2009) Residential Self-Selection and Appropriate Control Variables in Land Use-Travel Studies. Transport Reviews 29 (3), pp.293-324. doi: 10.1080/01441640802710812.
31. Næss, P. (2010) Residential location, travel and energy use: the case of Hangzhou Metropolitan Area. Journal of Transport and Land Use 3 (3), pp.27-59. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v3i3.98.
32. Næss, P. (2011) ‘New urbanism’ or metropolitan-level centralization? A comparison of the influences of metropolitan-level and neighborhood-level urban form characteristics on travel behavior. Journal of Transport and Land Use 4 (1), pp.25-44. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.v4i1.170.
33. Næss, P. (2013) Residential location, transport rationales and daily-life travel behavior: The case of Hangzhou Metropolitan Area, China. Progress in Planning 79 (1), pp.1-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2012.05.001.
34. Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2000) Boliglokalisering og transport i Frederikshavn. (Residential location and transport in Frederikshavn.) ISP publications no. 256. Aalborg: Aalborg University.
35. Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2004) Urban Structure Matters, Even in a Small Town. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 47 (1), pp.35-56. doi:10.1080/0964056042000189790.
36. Næss, P. & Jensen, O. B. (2005) Bilringene og cykelnavet: Boliglokalisering, bilafhængighed og transportadfærd i Hovedstadsområdet. (The car tires and the bike hub: Residential location, car dependency and travel behavior in Copenhagen Metropolitan Area.) Aalborg: Aalborg University Press.
37. Næss, P.; Næss, T. & Strand, A. (2011) Oslo’s farewell to urban sprawl. European Planning Studies 19 (1), pp.113-139. doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.530395.
38. Næss, P., Silva, C. & Pinho, P. (2011) Residential location and travel in a polycentric city. Paper presented at the World Symposium on Transport and Land Use Research, July 28, 2011 in Whistler, Canada.
39. Pinho, P. & Silva, C. (eds.) (2015) Mobility patterns and urban structure. Farnham: Ashgate (forthcoming).
40. Røe, P. G. (2001) Storbymenneskets hverdagsreiser. Sammenhenger mellom bosted, livsstil og hverdagsreisepraksis i et senmoderne perspektiv. Dr. Polit. thesis. Trondheim: Norwegian University of Technology and Science.
41. Sayer, A. (1992) Method in Social Science. A Realist approach. 2nd Ed. London: Routledge.
42. Schwanen, T. & Mokhtarian, P. L. (2004): The extent and determinants of dissonance between actual and preferred residential neighbourhood type. Environment and Planning B, 31, pp. 759-784. doi:10.1068/b3039.
43. Sletten, Ø. & Gulbrandsen, J. (2012) Holdningsundersøkelse om bomring, trafikk og kollektivtilbud i Oslo og Akershus 1989-2012. (Survey of attitudes regarding toll ring, traffic and public transport provision in Oslo and Akershus 1989-2013.) PROSAM report no. 199. Oslo: National Road Authority, Region East. Statens Vegvesen Region øst: Trafikkregistreringer i Oslo og Akershus 2009. (Traffic registrations in Oslo and Akershus 2009.) PROSAM report no. 185. Oslo: National Road Authority, Region East.
44. Statistics Norway (2013) Framskrevet folkemengde, etter region, tid og statistikkvariabel. (Population forecast by region, time and statistical variable.) Oslo: Statistics Norway, accessed February 5, 2013 at https://www.ssb.no/statistikkbanken.
45. Tillberg, K. (2001) Barnfamiljers dagliga fritidsresor i bilsamhället - ett tidspussel med geografiska og könsmässiga variationer. Geografiska regionstudier nr. 43. Uppsala: Uppsala University.
46. Tobler, W. (1970) A computer movie simulating urban growth in the Detroit region. Economic Geography 46 (2), pp.234-240.
47. Van Acker, V. & Witlox, F. (2010) Car ownership as a mediating variable in car travel behavior research using a structural equation modelling approach to identify its dual relationship. Journal of Transport Geography 18(1), pp. 65-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.05.006
48. van Wee, B. (2009) Self-selection: A key to a better understanding of location choices, travel behaviour and transport externalities? Transport Reviews, 29 (3), pp.272-292. doi:10.1080/01441640902752961
49. Van Wee, B. (2013) Land use and transport. In: van Wee, B.; Annema, J. A. & Banister, D. (eds.) The transport system and transport policy. An introduction. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.78-100.
50. Weaver, W. (1948): Science and complexity. American Scientist 36, pp.536-544.
51. Xue, J. (2012) Potentials for decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth. Ph.D. thesis. Aalborg: Aalborg University.
52. Zhou, B. & Kockelman, K. (2008) Self-selection in home choice: Use of treatment effects in evaluating the relationship between the built environment and travel behavior. Transportation Research Record, 2077 (8), pp. 54-61. http://dx.