The built environment and travel behavior in urban China: A literature review |
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| Institution: | 1. Humphrey School of Public Affairs;University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 301 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA;1. Department of Urban Planning and Design, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University, Hankou Road 22, 210093 Nanjing, China;2. Department of Human Geography and Planning, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;3. Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong;1. School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beijing Key Laboratory for Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure System and Safety Control, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;2. Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong;3. Faculty Research Associate, National Center for Smart Growth Research, University of Maryland, MD 20742, United States;4. School of Naval Architecture Ocean and Civil Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;5. School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University, Shenzhen 518055, China;1. The Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China;2. Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering, University of Minnesota, 500 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA |
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| Abstract: | Interests in studying of the built environment impacts on travel behavior have proliferated from North America to other parts of the world including China. Until very recently, there has been very little research into travel behavior in China. However, during the last decade, there has been a fast growing interest in studying the built environment and travel behavior in Chinese cities, perhaps motivated by China’s unprecedented urbanization and rapid urban transport development. Case studies from China provide new insights into the impacts of built environment on travel behavior that can help to enrich existing scholarship. However, currently there is a generally poor understanding of the role played by Chinese research and how it has enriched the international literature. This paper aims to fill this gap by reviewing studies in and outside China by both Chinese and non-Chinese scholars. The focus is on the contribution of these studies to the international literature. We identify four areas of contribution: how the built environment has been developed and its implications for travel behavior; the importance of housing sources in defining residential built environment and explaining travel behavior; the unique Danwei (or work unit) perspective on jobs-housing relationships and commuting behavior; and the importance of neighborhood types in explaining travel behavior in Chinese cities. The findings from this review should be relevant for researchers interested in developing future studies that will further advance geographic knowledge of the built environment and travel behavior, specifically in China and with broader global contexts. |
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| Keywords: | Travel behavior The built environment Urban China Literature review |
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