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June 3, 2010
Why We Live Where We Live
Portland State University
Center for Transportation Studies
Spring 2010 Transportation Seminar Series
Speaker: Cynthia Chen, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Topic: Residential Choice Locations - A Search in the Mirror of the Past
Abstract: We propose to decompose residential self-selection by understanding its formation process. We take a life course perspective and postulate that locations experienced early in life have a lasting effect on our locational preferences in life. In other words, what was experienced spatially is a key factor contributing to our residential self-selection and our preferences in residential locations are formed long before our own self-selection begins. We further hypothesize that prior locational influence interacts with period effect such that the same location experienced in different periods may have distinct effects. Using an empirically collected dataset in the New York Metropolitan Region, we estimated a series of models to test these hypotheses. The results demonstrate that prior locational influence precedes residential self-selection. Furthermore, we show a variety-seeking behavioral pattern resulted from locations experienced during adolescence.
When: Friday, June 4, 2010, 12:00 - 1:00pm
Where: PSU Urban Center Building, SW 6th and Mill, Room 204
Posted by Chris Smith at 12:12 AM
Comments
June 3, 2010 6:48 AM
Ron Swaren Says:
AN important criteria for me is to live where I don't have to put up with noisy neighbors. Sure, if I could afford to live twenty floors off the ground in a concrete building I would. I doubt that a multilevel wood framed apartment building, such as we might end up with in the Central Eastside Industrial District would fill the bill. Maybe for some. I doubt that many people would find that type of housing desirable for permanent homes, but I suppose for the young and restless it could work.
