INFLUENCE OF WORKPLACE ON RESIDENTIAL LOCATION CHOICE: A STUDY ON NIRALA AND SONADANGA RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF KHULNA CITY, BANGLADESH

Md.  Salauddin; Papon Kumar  Dev; Md. Ashraful  Alam

doi:10.53808/KUS.2010.10.1and2.1005-S

Authors

Md. Salauddin Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh
Papon Kumar Dev Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Shushilan, Khulna, Bangladesh
Md. Ashraful Alam Urban and Rural Planning Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53808/KUS.2010.10.1and2.1005-S

Keywords:

Residential location factors, workplaces, flow analysis, shortest possible path, impedance factors

Abstract

The choice of residence of households generally involves trade-offs among several factors which offer the household the highest possible utility. This paper tried to explore the interaction between workplaces and residential locations in terms of flows on different workplaces, shortest possible routes to workplaces, travel costs, frequent travel modes, vehicle ownerships of the residents and impedance factors to reside the desired residential areas. Two residential areas have been selected and stratified random sampling technique was adopted to conduct household survey. It was observed that people preferred to stay near to workplace (1-3 km) whereas the distance can be more who has private vehicles. About 38% people choose their residence near to children’s school. Flow of people is proportionate to distance. Employment center closer to CBD receives higher flow. Regarding residential location choice, five dominant factors have been identified by principal component analysis. The paper concluded with the fact that services and amenities are distributed unevenly and thus decreases the choice to live.

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