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An Analysis of Perceptions Concerning the Environmental Quality of Housing in Geneva

HEC, Université de Genève, 102 boulevard Carl-Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland, bender{at}ibm.unige.ch.

Allan Din

Inter-Survey Consultants, 21 rue de Chantepoulet, CH-1201 Geneva and the Université de Genève,

Philippe Favarger

L'institut de recherche sur l'environnement construit, EPFL, Case postale 555, CH-1001 Lausanne, Switzerland favarger{at}dasunl.epfl.ch.

Martin Hoesli

HEC, Universite de Genève, 102 boulevard Carl Vogt, CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland, hoesli{at}uni2a.unige.ch., University of Aberdeen

Janne Laakso

Tekla OY, Koronakatu 1, FIN-02210 Espoo, Finland, janne.laakso{at}tekla.fi.

The aim of this paper is to gain a better understanding of the characteristics related to the environment of single-family houses in the greater Geneva area. An Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) methodology is applied to the data collected by means of a questionnaire which was sent to 850 owners of houses in Geneva. The pairwise comparisons are done with eight criteria. For the 28 comparisons, the standard levels of preferences are used, but with a multiplicative scale rather than the standard linear scale. The results show that distance to a green area and quietness of the area are the two most important factors. Another finding is that the proximity of shopping centres and schools is not as important as in other countries.

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