Analyzing the Association Between Walkability and Regional Economic Vitality

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dc.contributor.advisorFuller, Stephen S.
dc.contributor.authorBiernacka-Lievestro, Joanna
dc.creatorBiernacka-Lievestro, Joanna
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-12T02:59:35Z
dc.date.available2015-02-12T02:59:35Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThe role of walkability is increasing in the car-oriented United States as the lifestyles and demographics of Americans change. This dissertation contributes to the emerging research on the association between walkability and regional economic vitality. This research develops new location-specific walkability indices and uses a methodological approach that accounts for the endogeneity between walkability and economic vitality and corrects for spatial dependence. The findings of the dissertation indicate that walkability is associated with higher employment in cities in the U.S. and with lower housing vacancy rates in the census tracts in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
dc.format.extent207 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/9184
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Joanna Biernacka-Lievestro
dc.subjectPublic policy
dc.subjectEndogeneity
dc.subjectRegional economic vitality
dc.subjectSpatial autocorrelation
dc.subjectTransportation
dc.subjectWalkability
dc.titleAnalyzing the Association Between Walkability and Regional Economic Vitality
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplinePublic Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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