Ferrari, E.T. orcid.org/0000-0002-5506-7670 and Green, M.A. (2013) Travel to school and housing markets: a case study of Sheffield, England. Environment and Planning A, 45 (11). pp. 2771-2788. ISSN 0308-518X
Abstract
How children travel to school is at the centre of a complex set of interrelated issues with significant policy implications. This paper reviews the relation of patterns of travel to school to concerns about public health, school choice, urban form, and residential housing markets. The spatial relations between pupils’ homes and the schools that they attend provides the basis of an analytical framework that links local neighbourhood characteristics, school performance, and house prices to the distance and mode of travel to school and the level of ‘excess commuting’ in the urban system. A unique analysis of several integrated micro-datasets from Sheffield, UK, suggests that, while there are high levels of excess commuting, there remains a complex interrelationship between housing and neighbourhood characteristics, school performance, and commuting patterns. There are differences between the pictures for primary schools and secondary schools. Policies aimed at promoting transport efficiency and those promoting school choice are likely to remain in tension.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Environment and Planning A. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | school travel; housing markets; excess commuting; urban form; school choice; active transport to school |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Urban Studies & Planning (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2016 09:06 |
Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2018 02:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a45423 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1068/a45423 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97538 |