Beschäftigungssuburbanisierung, Siedlungsstruktur und Berufspendelverkehr: Ergebnisse für deutsche Agglomerationsräume 1999-2007

Abstract

The paper examines the effect of employment suburbanisation on commuter traffic in German metropolitan regions. In order to identify how different urban spatial structures affect commuting behaviour, monocentric (Hamburg, Munich) and polycentric regions (Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart) are compared. First we focus on the (spatio)structural minimum number of commuters, which is an appropriate measure for the regional jobs housing balance. In the second step we analyze the change of both the commuting volume and the distances covered by commuters. For this purpose, different indicators derived from commuting data are used, allowing us to compare different agglomerations and/or points in time. The analysis is based on commuting data between 1999 and 2007 taken from the German Social Security Statistics.