Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Rubín, Lukáš; Mitáš, Josef; Dygrýn, Jan; Šmída, Jiří; Gábor, Lukáš; Pátek, Adam

doi:10.5507/ag.2015.023

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“…This is especially important as children are more active outdoors than indoors [ 15 ]. However, between 2001 and 2011, the active transport of Czech adolescents to schools decreased significantly [ 16 , 17 ]. Unfortunately, there is no reported trend study related to Polish youths’ travel behavior.…”

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The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

Mitáš

Sas-Nowosielski

Groffik

et al. 2018

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(1) Background: An increase in or at least the sustainment of walking activities across a wide section of the population is a crucial health-related task for Central and East European countries. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between adolescents’ walking activities and various levels of perceived safety of the built environment in differing socio-demographic backgrounds of Poland and the Czech Republic. Furthermore, we aimed to determine major moderators affecting the walking habits of adolescents in areas with different levels of walkability. (2) Methods: The surveys were conducted during the 2008–2009 and 2013–2014 school years in 24 Polish and 35 Czech secondary schools, with a sample of 2001 adolescents. All participants completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire–Long Form and the NEWS–Abbreviated. Selected students took part in objective weekly monitoring of physical activity (PA). (3) Results: Boys and girls who perceived their neighborhood environment as the safest were significantly more likely to meet the recommendations for leisure-time walking. Adolescents from the safest environment achieved 11,024 steps/day on average, while those from the least safe environment achieved 9686 steps/day. (4) Conclusions: A safe neighborhood environment significantly predicts walking activities among girls. Environmental safety improvement can support the active transport and better use of leisure time PA.

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The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

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Groffik

et al. 2018

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“…Ramezani et al, 2019;Ribeiro & Hoffimann, 2018;Rub ın et al, 2015;Rundle et al, 2019;Sehatzadeh et al, 2011;Todd et al, 2016;Van Dyck et al, 2012;Vargo et al, 2012;Zhou et al, 2020. Bhadra et al, 2015Braun et al, 2016;Buck et al, 2015;Cerin et al, 2007;Chen et al, 2019; De Sa & Arden, 2014;Deng et al, 2020;Dias et al, 2020;Esteban-Cornejo et al, 2016;Frank et al, 2005;Huang et al, 2019;King & Clarke, 2015; Lee et al, 2020;Lovasi et al, 2011;Marshall et al, 2009;McDonald et al, 2012;Moran et al, 2017Moran et al, , 2018Pouliou et al, 2014;Reyer et al, 2014;Roberts et al, 2015;Robinson et al, 2018;Shammas & Escobar, 2019;Shashank & Schuurman, 2019;Taleai & Amiri, 2017;Wang et al, 2017;Williams et al, 2018;Ye et al, 2017. …”

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Built environment attributes and their influence on walkability

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Ribeiro

Conticelli

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International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

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Walking is a sustainable mode of transport and a healthy way of doing physical activity. Walkability is a concept that has gained enormous popularity in recent years due to its potential to promote more sustainable urban environments and healthy lifestyles. This paper provides a literature review to analyze the influence of built environment attributes on walkability. The Scopus and Web of Science databases were chosen to survey the peer-reviewed documents published up to June 2020. A total of 132 documents were selected by the search. The review of these 132 documents showed that various built environment attributes were differently analyzed and assessed. More specifically, the search identified 32 built environment attributes that were assessed by using 63 measures. Intersection density, residential density and land use mix were the most used attributes for assessing walkability, namely by using objective methods, such as ratios and spatial score tools. In turn, attributes related to streetscape design and security were much less adopted in walkability assessments. This paper provides additional insights into how built environment attributes influence walkability and identifies gaps and issues that should be analyzed in-depth in the future. The review could be helpful for researchers and urban planners in developing walkability studies and in defining policies to improve walkability.

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“…In the Canadian study, "walker's paradise" neighborhoods showed a three times higher odds ratio compared to "car-dependent" neighborhoods [26]. An international study from a lower income country (i.e., Czech Republic) also found that a highly walkable administrative boundary led to higher walking levels for transport, but the subjects of this study ranged from healthy young adults to older adults [70]. Towne et al (2016) reported that higher Walk Scores (car-dependent vs. somewhat walkable or higher) had positive associations with total walking of middle-aged and older adults in the U.S. cities with peri-urban characteristics [71].…”

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“…As a free and quick proxy of neighborhood measures for density and accessibility to amenities nearby [50], walkscore.com provides a numerical value from 0 to 100 points as well as five categorical values, from "very car-dependent" to "walker's paradise". The specific categories and ranges are very car-dependent (0-24), car-dependent , somewhat walkable (50)(51)(52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62)(63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69), very walkable (70)(71)(72)(73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78)(79)(80)(81)(82)(83)(84)(85)(86)(87)(88)(89), and walker's paradise (90-100) [56]. In this study, the six selected housing properties fell into three categories: car-dependent, somewhat walkable, and very walkable.…”

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Neighborhood Built Environments, Walking, and Self-Rated Health among Low-Income Older Adults in St. Paul, Minnesota

Yun

2021

Sustainability

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There have been few studies exploring the relationship between objective and perceived neighborhood built environments, sustainable neighborhood walking behaviors, and the self-rated health of older, low-income adults. This study examined the association between objective neighborhood environments (i.e., neighborhood heterogeneity categorized by Walk Scores or levels of traffic accidents within a 400 or 800 m radius buffer measured by geographic information systems) and perceived neighborhood environments, through two conceptual frameworks (i.e., an ecological model of health behavior/aging) for walking outcomes (walking choice, walking 3+ days, and walking 150+ min a week) and the self-rated health of older adults living in subsidized housing (N = 130, Mage = 74.9 ± 8.3) in St. Paul, Minnesota. The primary analysis is composed of logistic regression models. Key findings indicated that highly walkable neighborhoods also had a higher level of traffic accidents. Thus, the neighborhoods with higher Walk Scores or a higher level of traffic accidents in separate models became negative predictors for all three walking outcomes, with statistical significance. However, other associations with perceived neighborhood environments resulted in different walking outcomes: accessibility to destinations (+) for walking 3+ days a week and 150+ min a week; safety, comfort, and convenience (+) for walking choice and walking 150+ minutes a week; and physical and social disorder (−) for walking 150+ min a week. Self-rated health had no relationship to objective measures but positive relationships to perceptions of safety, comfort and convenience of neighborhood environments, and every walking outcome in each model. The results of this study should be confirmed in a longitudinal study with a larger sample size covering a wider geographical area.

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Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Cited by 4 publications

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The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

The Safety of the Neighborhood Environment and Physical Activity in Czech and Polish Adolescents

Built environment attributes and their influence on walkability

Neighborhood Built Environments, Walking, and Self-Rated Health among Low-Income Older Adults in St. Paul, Minnesota

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