Community choices and housing demands: a spatial analysis of the southern Appalachian highlands

Seong-Hoon Cho; David H. Newman; David N. Wear

doi:10.1080/02673030500114433

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Community choices and housing demands: a spatial analysis of the southern Appalachian highlands

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Authors:

Seong-Hoon Cho, David H. Newman, David N. Wear

Year:

2005

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1080/02673030500114433

Source:

Housing Studies, Vol. 20(4): 549-569

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Abstract

This paper examines housing demand using an integrated approach that combines residential decisions about choices of community in the Southern Appalachian region with the application of a Geographic Information System (GIS). The empirical model infers a distinctive heterogeneity in the characteristics of community choices. The results also indicate that socio-economic motives strongly affect urban housing demands while environmental amenities affect those of rural housing demand.

Keywords

Community choices, housing decisions, spatial econometrics

Citation

Cho, Seong-Hoon; Newman, David H.; Wear, David N. 2005. Community choices and housing demands: a spatial analysis of the southern Appalachian highlands. Housing Studies, Vol. 20(4): 549-569