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Neighborhood form and residents' walking and biking distance to food markets: Evidence from Beijing, China

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This paper examines residents' walking and biking patterns for food shopping in China and the influence of neighborhood form and market characteristics on effective walk/bike catchment areas of food markets. Based on 1417 resident surveys at 15 food markets in three neighborhoods in the city of Beijing, we found that residents rarely shop at the nearest food stores and prefer larger farmer's markets and supermarkets instead. And they travel in much shorter distance compared with residents in the western cities. An ordinary least squares regression analysis reveals that, after controlling for the effect of personal socioeconomic and trip characteristics, traditional neighborhoods with dense street networks, mixed land uses and ample tree shades present the largest walk/bike catchment area, followed by enclave neighborhoods and superblock neighborhoods. In addition, markets with larger size, ground-level and adjacency to a park are significantly associated with longer walking and biking distances.

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  • Chen, Yulin, 2019. "Neighborhood form and residents' walking and biking distance to food markets: Evidence from Beijing, China," Transport Policy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 340-349.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:trapol:v:81:y:2019:i:c:p:340-349
    DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.09.015
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