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Spatial Hedonic Regression Analysis of the Impact of Cell Towers on Las Vegas Real Estate Market

Pages 715-726 | Received 18 Mar 2021, Accepted 30 Jan 2022, Published online: 25 Apr 2022
 

Abstract

Cell towers are considered a disamenity due to apprehensions about health issues and visual pollution. This study examines the impact of cell towers on house prices in Las Vegas (2014–2017) using three spatial hedonic regression models. The distance-based model shows that house prices appreciate by approximately 2.02 percent with a 1-km increase in distance from the tower. The inverse distance–based model is used to determine the nonlinear effect of distance from a tower on house prices. Finally, the impact of visibility on house prices is considered but is not statistically significant. A negative impact of tower height on house prices is also observed. Furthermore, it is identified that camouflaged tree towers have a relatively less negative impact on house prices compared to conventional cell towers.

由于对健康问题和视觉污染的担忧, 手机发射塔被认为是一种干扰。本研究利用三种空间特征回归模型, 研究了美国拉斯维加斯(2014至2017年)手机发射塔对房价的影响。距离模型显示, 与发射塔的距离每增加1公里, 房价上涨约2.02%。反距离模型确定了发射塔距离对房价的非线性影响。最后, 考虑了能见度对房价的影响, 这种影响在统计上并不显著。发射塔高度对房价也有负面影响。研究还发现, 与传统发射塔相比, 伪装树发射塔对房价的负面影响相对较小。

Las torres de telefonía celular suelen recibir una connotación negativa debido a la polución visual y por las preocupaciones sobre problemas de salud supuestamente asociados con su cercanía. Este estudio examina el impacto de las torres de telefonía celular sobre el precio de la vivienda en Las Vegas (2014–2017), usando tres modelos de regresión hedónica espacial. El modelo basado en la distancia muestra que los precios de las viviendas se valorizan aproximadamente en un 2,02% con un incremento de 1 km en la distancia a las torres. El modelo inverso basado en distancia se usa para determinar el efecto no lineal de la distancia desde una torre sobre los precios de la vivienda. Por último, se considera el impacto de la visibilidad en el precio de la vivienda, pero este resulta no ser estadísticamente significativo. Se observó también un impacto negativo de la altura de la torre sobre el precio de la vivienda. Además, se identifica que las torres camufladas entre los árboles tienen un impacto negativo relativamente menor en los precios de las viviendas en comparación con lo observado para las torres celulares convencionales.

Notes

1 A digital surface model was used in determining visibility because it captures the natural and built features on the Earth’s surface.

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Notes on contributors

Awanti Acharya

AWANTI ACHARYA is Research Consultant in the Academic Research Services at Boston College, Boston, MA 02467. E-mail: [email protected]. Her research interests include geographic information systems, residential real estate, and spatial analysis.

Saptarshi Basu

SAPTARSHI BASU is Staff Engineer-NPI at Illumina, San Diego, CA 92122. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include machine learning, data visualization, and statistics.

Dean M. Hanink

DEAN M. HANINK is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Geography, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269. E-mail: [email protected]. His research interests include economic geography and regional science.

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