Residents’ perceptions of walkability attributes in objectively different neighbourhoods: a pilot study

Leslie, Eva; Saelens, Brian E.; Frank, Lawrence D.; Owen, Neville; Bauman, Adrian; Coffee, Neil; Hugo, Graeme

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.05.005

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“…Another study that tested a modified version of the NEWS in a sample of 87 Australian adults, with an average difference of 12 days between the first and second questionnaires, showed coefficients varying from 0.62 to 0.88 13 . In comparison with environment specific items, the correlation coefficients obtained in this study were higher for structures and facilities (r icc =0.88 for the item of land use diversity in the Australian study), traffic safety (r icc =0.62 in the Australian study) and for general safety (r icc =0.63 in the Australian study).…”

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Validação de uma escala de percepção do ambiente para a prática de atividade física em adultos de uma região de baixo nível socioeconômico

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Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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Validação de uma escala de percepção do ambiente para a prática de atividade física em adultos de uma região de baixo nível socioeconômico

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Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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“…The built environment impacts transportation decisions via a feedback loop, marked "B" in Figure 2, as infrastructure available for walking has been shown to increase the likelihood of walking, 3,42,49 and increased local walking has been shown to provide support for improving the local walking infrastructure. 25 A third feedback loop, marked "C" in Figure 2, shows that the perception of the built environment, independent of the actual built environment, also interacts with transportation decisions as the perception that the built environment is walkable may increase the likelihood of walking, 1,37 and increased walking in an area may increase the perception that the area is walkable. 1,34 A final pathway relevant to this study is marked "D" on Figure 2.…”

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“…Many recent studies have shown that perception, as distinct from actual physical attributes of the built environment, may impact the decision to walk. 32 Perception of walkability can be influenced by the physical attributes of a neighborhood, 37 as well as local culture, crime or crime reporting, traffic accidents, and other non-physical attributes, and should be understood as being potentially distinct from physical attributes.…”

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Complexity in Built Environment, Health, and Destination Walking: A Neighborhood-Scale Analysis

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This study investigates the relationships between the built environment, the physical attributes of the neighborhood, and the residents' perceptions of those attributes. It focuses on destination walking and self-reported health, and does so at the neighborhood scale. The built environment, in particular sidewalks, road connectivity, and proximity of local destinations, correlates with destination walking, and similarly destination walking correlates with physical health. It was found, however, that the built environment and health metrics may not be simply, directly correlated but rather may be correlated through a series of feedback loops that may regulate risk in different ways in different contexts. In particular, evidence for a feedback loop between physical health and destination walking is observed, as well as separate feedback loops between destination walking and objective metrics of the built environment, and destination walking and perception of the built environment. These feedback loops affect the ability to observe how the built environment correlates with residents' physical health. Previous studies have investigated pieces of these associations, but are potentially missing the more complex relationships present. This study proposes a conceptual model describing complex feedback relationships between destination walking and public health, with the built environment expected to increase or decrease the strength of the feedback loop. Evidence supporting these feedback relationships is presented.

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“…Nevertheless, it is generally considered that a walkable neighborhood has well mixed land use, well-connected streets, and high residential density (Saelens et al 2003;Lake et al 2010). Most researchers have adopted the integrated walkability index including just these three elements (e.g., De Meester et al 2012;Marshall et al 2009;Owen et al 2007;Leslie et al 2005;Brown et al 2009). For example, Frank and colleagues (Frank et al , 2006(Frank et al , & 2010 had constructed one of the most popular indexes including these elements.…”

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Evolving Walkability of Major Cities in the People's Republic of China

Fan

Wan

et al. 2017

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Residents’ perceptions of walkability attributes in objectively different neighbourhoods: a pilot study

Cited by 335 publications

References 21 publications

Validação de uma escala de percepção do ambiente para a prática de atividade física em adultos de uma região de baixo nível socioeconômico

Validação de uma escala de percepção do ambiente para a prática de atividade física em adultos de uma região de baixo nível socioeconômico

Complexity in Built Environment, Health, and Destination Walking: A Neighborhood-Scale Analysis

Evolving Walkability of Major Cities in the People's Republic of China

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