Dr. Valliappan AL

Development of Accessibility Index for mobility impaired, Implications of heterogeneity of households in residential location choice

Multivariate Statistics, operation research tools, econometric tools.

To assess the differential needs of mobility impaired in public spaces.

Residential location not only determines the connection between households with the rest of urban environment, but also influences the household activity time budgets and perceived well being. Resident location decision to stay or intention to move from a existing location is an individual and joint decision of the households. Why the rate of change of residential location is minimal and examine the preferences of households and factors influencing such decisions?