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Assessing site selection of college student housing : commuting efficiency across time
Joint Authors
al-Rawabidah, Abd Allah M.
Gharaibeh, Anne A.
Zakzak, Husam S.
Source
Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering
Issue
Vol. 8, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2014), pp.282-302, 21 p.
Publisher
Jordan University of Science and Technology Deanship of Research
Publication Date
2014-09-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Civil Engineering
Topics
Abstract EN
Universities around the world are promoting walking for their students because it provides many health and environmental benefits at the personal as well as the community level.
This paper aims to help universities, city planners and housing investors in the process of efficient site selection for future student housing projects, by analyzing off-campus students’ commuting habits and travel time preferences to and from the university campuses.
An online survey is operated to collect responses of students (n= 527) from two Jordanian universities located within the city of Irbid (N-Jordan).
Results indicate that the mean value for students’ longest preferred one-way walking duration is 17.04± 8.25 minutes for the whole sample.
A statistically significant negative correlation is found between students’ longest preferred one-way walking duration and age.
The percentage of students who would accept this duration was represented in a formula in order to calculate the accumulated walking potential of varied sites around university campuses.
The paper presented a local scenario using GIS mapping where this process was implemented to evaluate prospect vacant sites' walking potential around Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gharaibeh, Anne A.& Zakzak, Husam S.& al-Rawabidah, Abd Allah M.. 2014. Assessing site selection of college student housing : commuting efficiency across time. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering،Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.282-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-384133
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gharaibeh, Anne A.…[et al.]. Assessing site selection of college student housing : commuting efficiency across time. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering Vol. 8, no. 3 (2014), pp.282-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-384133
American Medical Association (AMA)
Gharaibeh, Anne A.& Zakzak, Husam S.& al-Rawabidah, Abd Allah M.. Assessing site selection of college student housing : commuting efficiency across time. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering. 2014. Vol. 8, no. 3, pp.282-302.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-384133
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 301-302
Record ID
BIM-384133