# RECORD eb83365b4894fa9c413cfdff9bdf069881dad3ad # TITLE: Examining the spatial relationship between environmental health factors and house prices # YEAR: 2018.0 VENUE: Journal of European Real Estate Research DOI: 10.1108/jerer-01-2018-0008 # AUTHORS: M. McCord; Sean Macintyre; P. Bidanset; D. Lo; P. Davis # PAGES: 49 CANDIDATE TABLE PAGES (1-based): [45, 46, 48, 49] # ABSTRACT: Purpose Air quality, noise and proximity to urban infrastructure can arguably have an important impact on the quality of life. Environmental quality (the price of good health) has become a central tenet for consumer choice in urban locales when deciding on a residential neighbourhood. Unlike the market for most tangible goods, the market for environmental quality does not yield an observable per unit price effect. As no explicit price exists for a unit of environmental quality, this paper aims to use the housing market to derive its implicit price and test whether these constituent elements of health and well-being are indeed capitalised into property prices and thus implicitly priced in the market place. Design/methodology/approach A considerable number of studies have used hedonic pricing models by incorporating spatial effects to assess the impact of air quality, noise and proximity to noise pollutants on property market pricing. This study presents a spatial analysis of air quality and noise pollution and their association with house prices, using 2,501 sale transactions for the period 2013. To assess the impact of the pollutants, three different spatial modelling approaches are used, namely, ordinary least squares using spatial dummies, a geographically weighted regression (GWR) and a spatial lag model (SLM). Findings The findings suggest that air quality pollutants have an adverse impact on house prices, which fluctuate across the urban area. The analysis suggests that the noise level does matter, although this varies significantly over the urban setting and varies by source. Originality/value Air quality and environmental noise pollution are important concerns for health and well-being. Noise impact seems to depend not only on the noise intensity to which dwellings are exposed but also on the nature of the noise source. This may suggest the presence of other externalities that arouse social aversion. This research presents an original study utilising advanced spatial modelling approaches. The research has value in further understanding the market impact of environmental factors and in providing findings to support local air zone management strategies, noise abatement and management strategies and is of value to the wider urban planning and public health disciplines. ===== PAGE 1 (score 2, numeric-paren 0, table-words 0, var-words 2) ===== Examining the spatial relationship between environmental health factors and house prices: NO2 problem? McCord, M., MacIntyre, J., Bidanset, P., Lo, D., & Davis, P. (2018). Examining the spatial relationship between environmental health factors and house prices: NO2 problem? Journal of European Real Estate Research, 11(3), 353-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/JERER-01-2018-0008 Link to publication record in Ulster University Research Portal Published in: Journal of European Real Estate Research Publication Status: Published (in print/issue): 05/11/2018 DOI: 10.1108/JERER-01-2018-0008 Document Version Author Accepted version Document Licence: CC BY-NC For Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAM) published under Ulster University's Rights Retention Policy for Scholarly Works (RRPSW) When citing an AAM published under Ulster University's RRPSW please use the following citation structure: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Journal Name, [Accepted Author Manuscript]. PURE Portal URL. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. General rights The copyright and moral rights to the output are retained by the output author(s), unless otherwise stated by the document licence. 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If you discover content in the Research Portal that you believe breaches copyright or violates any law, please contact pure-support@ulster.ac.uk Download date: 20/10/2026 ===== PAGE 45 (score 39, numeric-paren 36, table-words 0, var-words 3) ===== Journal of European Real Estate Research Linear Log-linear β t β t %effect (Constant) 64520.655 7.651*** 11.208 152.631*** 73716.83 AREA 984.173 40.962*** .008 36.788*** 0.80% APP 26783.922 11.888*** .232 11.815*** 26.11% DET 44882.795 20.154*** .349 18.017*** 41.76% SDT 12213.843 9.105*** .165 14.084*** 17.94% PRE1919 -12068.371 -8.082*** -.082 -6.332*** -7.87% POST1980 4313.548 1.910* .092 4.663*** 9.64% POSTWAR -5143.561 -3.402*** .000 .033 0.00% EARLYMODER -5168.802 -2.731*** .008 .470 0.80% ELECHEAT -1801.579 -.956 -.024 -1.453 -2.37% GASHEAT -235.123 -.224 -.004 -.485 -0.40% SOLIDHEAT -20.006 -.012 .002 .144 0.20% SOC -11022.089 -6.185*** -.138 -8.920*** -12.89% NOGAR -1338.239 -1.198 -.018 -1.837* -1.78% Air Q Low -5459.501 -2.477** -.066 -3.425*** -6.39% Air Q High 4677.732 1.957** .050 2.424** 5.13% Air Q Very High 29829.619 4.988*** .349 6.704*** 41.76% PM8_9 6568.690 2.602*** .061 2.769*** 6.29% PM10_11 -2325.647 -1.243 -.023 -1.419 -2.27% PM11_12 -11669.558 -4.199*** -.098 -4.061*** -9.34% PM12_13 -11885.036 -1.452 -.101 -1.982** -9.67% PM13_14 -13055.665 -1.386 -.118 -2.434** -11.13% AQMA Within300 -773.144 -.192 .013 .372 1.31% AQMA Inside 2624.339 1.527 .037 2.489** 3.77% Road Noise V Low -128.152 -.096 -.012 -1.043 -1.19% Road Noise Low 2914.370 1.394 .026 1.456 2.63% Road Noise Moderate -1833.483 -.621 -.002 -.066 -0.20% Road Noise High 3667.620 .900 .002 .050 0.20% Road Noise V High 918.180 .187 .037 .863 3.77% Road Noise Extreme 1290.596 .204 .008 .151 0.80% Road_25 -4728.319 -1.285 -.023 -.711 -2.27% Road_50 -2478.698 -.923 -.021 -.886 -2.08% Road_75 -2109.971 -.913 -.021 -1.029 -2.08% Road_100 1617.957 .846 .017 1.025 1.71% Road_125 -1048.081 -.575 .005 .289 0.50% Road_150 2384.342 1.316 .017 1.074 1.71% Road_175 970.000 .423 .004 .204 0.40% Road_200 -2612.830 -1.313 -.007 -.407 -0.70% Road_225 7514.066 3.218*** .055 2.685*** 5.65% Road_250 4800.880 2.338** .037 2.082** 3.77% Page 43 of 47 Journal of European Real Estate Reserach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ===== PAGE 46 (score 34, numeric-paren 24, table-words 3, var-words 4) ===== Journal of European Real Estate Research Rail_25 915.277 .197 .073 1.795* 7.57% Rail Noise Low -27487.45 -2.415*** -0.441 -4.160*** -35.63% Rail Noise Mod -5678.95 -0.460 0.004 0.032 0.37% Rail Noise High -24811.37 -2.179** -0.365 -3.445*** -30.58% Rail Noise V high 19069.76 1.670* 0.151 1.425 16.35% Rail_50 -11206.596 -3.087*** -.041 -1.302 -4.02% Rail_75 -5504.543 -1.718* -.013 -.452 -1.29% Rail_100 -17789.479 -3.683*** -.103 -2.459** -9.79% Rail_125 -12567.617 -1.939** -.045 -.801 -4.40% Rail_150 3099.302 .584 .065 1.400 6.72% Rail_175 -373.185 -.075 .011 .243 1.11% Rail_200 -7930.388 -1.569 -.103 -2.330** -9.79% Rail_225 -7541.898 -1.668 -.036 -.925 -3.54% Rail_250 -5447.877 -1.121 -.027 -.635 -2.66% Airport Noise Low -3105.489 -1.517 -.010 -.557 -1.00% Airport Noise Mod -4698.304 -1.221 -.032 -.959 -3.15% Airport Noise High -6349.414 -1.024 -.079 -1.454 -7.60% Airport400_1000 -16552.490 -2.385** -.056 -.931 -5.45% Airport1001_1500 -10388.389 -1.807* -.026 -.527 -2.57% Airport1501_2000 -9955.022 -2.219** -.086 -2.196** -8.24% Airport2001_2500 -10345.695 -3.125*** -.076 -2.637*** -7.32% Industry Noise Base -12765.213 -1.786* -.149 -2.389** -13.84% Industry Distance400 -7160.737 -3.119*** -.084 -4.216*** -8.06% Industry Distance200 3415.499 .851 .006 .166 0.60% R2 0.809 0.815 Adjusted R2 0.800 0.807 AIC 58347.98 57201.67 F 91.10*** 95.09*** n 2,501 2,501 NB: Spatial wards available in Appendices. Time variable available on request. Denotes: ***99% level; **95% level; *90% level <<>> Parameters min 1st Qu. Median 3rd Qu. Max Intercept 10.04488 10.317 10.50732 10.75813 11.4698 AREA 0.003709 0.006883 0.007629 0.008845 0.0125 APP 0.044103 0.195197 0.302798 0.398363 0.6095 DET -0.37527 0.287017 0.335969 0.382142 0.6255 SDT 0.006307 0.118544 0.154686 0.194263 0.4962 PRE1919 -0.29011 -0.09524 -0.0422 0.000211 0.0791 POST1980 -0.16995 0.034962 0.088613 0.144219 0.3708 Page 44 of 47 Journal of European Real Estate Reserach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ===== PAGE 47 (score 2, numeric-paren 0, table-words 0, var-words 2) ===== Journal of European Real Estate Research POSTWAR -0.22547 -0.05829 -0.01578 0.033793 0.1665 EARLYMODER -0.33133 -0.03715 0.036268 0.087848 0.5864 ELECHEAT -0.17724 -0.05087 -0.01808 0.01086 0.11 GASHEAT -0.08838 -0.02672 -0.00578 0.015605 0.066 SOLIDHEAT -0.13769 -0.01143 0.013233 0.035798 0.1434 SOC -0.45753 -0.17667 -0.11152 -0.03822 0.1695 NOGAR -0.12862 -0.0356 -0.01238 0.008318 0.0686 Air Low -0.51179 -0.1294 -0.05916 0.068024 0.2743 Air High -0.36426 -0.0184 0.028329 0.094529 0.3003 Air Very High -0.39895 -0.03821 0.091154 0.210515 0.4235 Part_mat8_9 -0.30017 0.146077 0.366976 0.573741 0.9877 Part_mat9_10 -0.30611 0.073342 0.244157 0.406436 0.6016 Part_mat10_11 -0.4055 0.083145 0.218267 0.409633 0.7065 Part_mat11_12 -0.5988 -0.06218 0.069224 0.236632 0.4633 Part_mat12_13 -0.74736 -0.06276 0.152049 0.310833 1.0128 AQMA_Within300 -0.73802 -0.23896 -0.065 0.085322 0.2262 AQMA Inside -0.41201 -0.10247 0.031926 0.137125 0.3339 Road Noise V. Low -0.39784 -0.10161 -0.05768 -0.0047 0.1417 Road Noise Low -0.34726 -0.13104 -0.04677 0.046925 0.3026 Road Noise Moderate -0.33628 -0.12076 -0.05448 0.004413 0.2293 Road Noise High -0.93399 -0.21449 -0.11814 -0.04939 0.1945 Road Noise V. High -0.17279 -0.01498 0.055416 0.11827 0.3699 Road Noise Extreme -0.55339 -0.19485 -0.1067 0.069955 0.495 Road_25 -0.1841 -0.08559 -0.04993 -0.01087 0.2707 Road_50 -0.3119 -0.04885 -0.00306 0.03743 0.239 Road_75 -0.3353 -0.07272 -0.02958 0.01605 0.3162 Road_100 -0.1128 -0.03881 -0.00493 0.06042 0.3409 Road_125 -0.1767 -0.05847 -0.01031 0.06016 0.1858 Road_150 -0.0998 -0.01556 0.02136 0.06593 0.2071 Road_175 -0.1526 -0.01055 0.04263 0.08869 0.2883 Road_200 -0.1705 -0.07126 -0.0403 -0.01196 0.1788 Road_225 -0.1429 -0.03221 0.02923 0.1596 0.3939 Road_250 -0.09446 -0.02659 0.01818 0.05744 0.1492 Rail Noise Low -0.6667 -0.34071 -0.21947 -0.11381 0.1385 Rail Noise Moderate -3.42566 -0.04185 0.04535 0.153624 8.9443 Rail Noise High -0.78497 -0.49088 -0.29307 -0.23933 0.423 Rail Noise V. High -0.28753 0.080428 0.154869 0.235694 0.7482 Rail_25 0.003949 0.1248 0.1808 0.2556 0.4809 Rail_50 -0.3125 -0.03044 0.07784 0.2147 0.5109 Rail_75 -0.1334 -0.01932 0.07497 0.2035 0.3566 Rail_100 -0.206 0.006768 0.07622 0.189 0.3428 Rail_125 -0.2445 0.0732 0.1344 0.2063 0.4515 Page 45 of 47 Journal of European Real Estate Reserach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ===== PAGE 48 (score 31, numeric-paren 16, table-words 5, var-words 5) ===== Journal of European Real Estate Research Rail_150 -0.1155 0.02697 0.1178 0.2083 0.3777 Rail_175 -0.1372 0.04042 0.1331 0.2068 0.4379 Rail_200 -0.2876 -0.1492 -0.08597 -0.00163 0.1592 Rail_225 -0.3425 -0.1442 -0.00627 0.0814 0.1989 Rail_250 -0.2802 -0.01162 0.0412 0.1152 0.229 Airport Noise Low -0.19238 -0.06323 0.04587 0.172265 0.5697 Airport Noise Mod. -0.53043 -0.34411 -0.20467 -0.09965 0.2168 Airport Noise High -0.67079 -0.42741 -0.28136 -0.10115 0.4266 Airport400_1000 -0.2111 -0.1073 -0.0475 0.04688 0.1988 Airport1100_1500 -0.1007 -0.01716 0.0502 0.09886 0.7588 Airport1600_2000 -0.4609 -0.2464 -0.1051 -0.02342 0.0312 Airport2100_2500 -0.3426 -0.2032 -0.125 -0.05381 0.0099 Industry Noise Base -0.30042 -0.13967 -0.01387 0.089622 0.4612 Industry Distance400 -0.2464 -0.1052 -0.05878 -0.01716 0.0796 Industry Distance200 -0.2371 -0.128 -0.08142 -0.00702 0.1248 Linear Log-linear R2 0.9026 .8993 Adjusted. R2 0.8553 .8447 AIC 56574.29 -2367.07 AICc 56573.29 -1451.03 RSS 53.24 45.05 n 2,501 2,501 Kernel function: exponential. Adaptive bandwidth: 40 (number of nearest neighbours) Regression points: the same locations as observations are used. Distance metric: Great Circle distance metric is used <<
>> (1) Linear (2) Log-linear (3) GWR β β %effect min 1st Qu. Median 3rd Qu. Max Mod. flight noise -1215.8** -.040** -3.95% -0.3615 -0.1945 -0.1331 -0.0683 0.0413 High flight noise -3854.2** -.075** -7.26% -0.9453 -0.3511 -0.1426 -0.0195 0.0903 Under flight path -6560.8** -.056** -5.45% -0.1837 -0.0572 -0.0168 0.0248 0.1344 Denotes: ***99% level; **95% level; *90% level <<
>> Air Pollution Models Noise Pollution (1) (Base No Lag) (2) (Base +Lag) (3) (NO2) (4) (PM2.5) (5) Rail (6) Airport (7) Road C 10.408 (204.587)*** 0.1259 (0.967) 2.8883 (5.814)*** 6.8997 (6.247)*** 1.5883 (4.930)*** 0.0142 (0.041) 0.0862 (0.398) W, = 1/ , NA 0.958673 (80.659)*** 0.706914 (16.211)*** 0.331722 (3.414)*** 0.827571 (29.155)*** 0.967677 (31.560)*** 0.9621 (50.103)*** Page 46 of 47 Journal of European Real Estate Reserach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 ===== PAGE 49 (score 117, numeric-paren 107, table-words 3, var-words 4) ===== Journal of European Real Estate Research P ∗NO NA NA 0.017422 (6.439)*** NA NA NA NA NO2 NA NA -0.19054 (-6.170)*** NA NA NA NA  ∗ 2.5/ NA NA NA 0.064866 (6.812)*** NA NA NA 2.5/ NA NA NA -0.70096 (-6.478)*** NA NA NA  ∗ !"# NA NA NA NA 0.081707 (5.131)*** NA NA Rail Noise NA NA NA NA -0.9084 (-4.973)*** NA NA  ∗ $"%&'%( NA NA NA NA NA -0.0033 (-0.2737) NA Airport Noise NA NA NA NA NA 0.04471 (0.326) NA  ∗ '!) NA NA NA NA NA NA -0.002 (0.233) Road Noise NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.02389 (0.234) AREA 0.01009 (34.729)*** 0.003986 (23.380)*** 0.003905 (23.431)*** 0.003931 (23.758)*** 0.004007 (23.735)*** 0.003974 (23.299)*** 0.00398 (23.342)*** APP 0.366772 (15.078)*** 0.051301 (3.835)*** -0.00555 (-0.392) -0.00617 (-0.447) 0.037728 (2.796)*** 0.04626 (3.387)*** 0.05144 (3.784)*** TER -0.10434 (-6.728)*** -0.025474 (-3.101)*** -0.03527 (-4264)*** -0.0378 (-4.617)*** -0.03192 (-3.809)*** -0.02886 (-3.441)*** -0.0255 (-3.110)*** DET 0.204127 (8.315)*** 0.034670 (2.650)*** 0.048884 (3.767)*** 0.058726 (4.497)*** 0.03604 (2.777)*** 0.033414 (2.542)** 0.0344 (2.629)*** PRE1919 -0.06371 (-2.222)** -0.065664 (-4.356)*** -0.08027 (-5.421)*** -0.08606 (-5.841)*** -0.06855 (-4.579)*** -0.06753 (-4.472)*** -0.0655 (-4.341)*** INTERWAR -0.03624 (-1.355) -0.041892 (-2.978)*** -0.05072 (-3.683)*** -0.05496 (-4.013)*** -0.03979 (-2.854)*** -0.04325 (-3.071)*** -0.0419 (-2.981)*** POSTWAR -0.03179 (-1.099) -0.078489 (-5.157)*** -0.07516 (-5.055)*** -0.07323 (-4.956)*** -0.07922 (-5.257)*** -0.07649 (-5.004)*** -0.0785 (-5.154)*** EARLYMODER -0.00802 (-0.249) -0.068598 (-4.054)*** -0.06558 (-3.967)*** -0.06552 (-3.990)*** -0.0695 (-4.149)*** -0.06687 (-3.934)*** -0.0685 (-4.051)*** ELECHEAT 0.00069 (0.022) -0.012883 (-0.794) -0.01024 (-0.646) -0.00894 (-0.567) -0.01371 (-0.854) -0.01285 (-0.792) -0.0129 (-0.778) GASHEAT -0.01906 (-0.811) -0.002525 (-0.204) -0.00191 (-0.157) -0.00047 (-0.039) -0.00419 (-0.342) -0.0023 (-0.185) -0.0026 (-0.215) OILHEAT -0.01857 (-0.858) -0.002954 (-0.259) -0.00241 (-0.217) -0.00062 (-0.056) -0.0038 (-0.337) -0.00291 (-0.256) -0.0029 (-0.258) PRIV 0.186685 (8.525)*** 0.056389 (4.849)*** 0.057544 (5.054)*** 0.055683 (4.920)*** 0.05453 (4.721)*** 0.052528 (4.445)*** 0.0564 (4.836)*** GAR 0.003206 (0.219) 0.010816 (1.409) 0.012548 (1.673)* 0.012156 (1.632) 0.009612 (1.264) 0.011042 (1.439) 0.0105 (1.378) R2 0.5460 0.8744 0.8804 0.8819 0.8771 0.8746 0.8745 Adjusted R2 0.5436 0.8737 0.8796 0.8812 0.8763 0.8738 0.8736 F-statistic 230.11 *** 1237.26 *** 1143.09 *** 1160.20 *** 1108.03 *** 1083.68 *** 1081.40 *** AIC 0.297 -0.987 -1.034 -1.047 -1.006 -0.987 -0.986 Log-likelihood -357.83 1249.87 1310.42 1326.78 1276.18 1251.84 1249.06 Observations 2,501 2,501 2,501 2,501 2,501 2,501 2,501 Denotes: ***p<.001; **p<.05; *p<.10. Page 47 of 47 Journal of European Real Estate Reserach 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60