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| THE COGNITION AND MIGRATION PREFERENCE OF THE RESIDENTS OF METROPOLITIAN AREA TO NEW EDGE CITIES——A Case Study of Tianjin Metropolitan Area |
| WENG Guilan1, CHAI Yanwei1, MA Mei2, WANG Xinfeng2 |
1. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
2. Construction and Development Bureau, Tianjin Economic-technological Development Area, Tianjin 300457, China |
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Abstract Some economic-technological developmental areas have gradually changed or are changing into a new form as new edge cities. However, lack of integrated economic structure and functions, these new edge cities face many problems. The deficient population is especially important to succeed in economic restructuring and comprehensive development of new edge cities and the whole metropolitan area. Based on the questionnaire survey on Tianjin residents, we conclude the basic characteristics of residential mobility and preference to TEDA (Tianjin economic-technological development area) as follows. First, the cognition and assessment largely affect the intent of metropolitan residents to move to the edge cities. Second, the usual purpose of residents to the new edge cities also affects the residents' desire to move.Third, the separation of residence and work and the consequent problems, such as transportation and commuting cost, are the biggest problems which prevent residents from moving from old metropolitan areas to the new edge cities. To improve the residential migration preference to new edge cities and promote the accessibility to them, we finally we put forward the following suggestions. First, new edge cities should improve the transportation systems and promote the accessibility to other parts of Metropolitan area. Second, They should promote their attraction as a residential community by improving their housing conditions and service facilities.Third, They should facilitate their economic restructuring process to provide more and diversified job opportunities to their potential residents. At last, new edge cities should also establish active policy to encourage the commuters who are now commuting from central city new edge cities to settle down in new edge cities.
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Received: 24 May 2002
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2003, Vol. 18 
