Using simple agent-based modeling to inform and enhance neighborhood walkability

Badland, Hannah; White, Marcus; Macaulay, Georgia; Eagleson, Serryn; Mavoa, Suzanne; Pettit, Christopher

doi:10.1186/1476-072x-12-58

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“…GIS, another popular tool, assigns spatial coordinates to data that can be mapped, and it can map both spatial and nonspatial information (5,11,55). A number of GIS software utilities are available online, such as ArcGIS (54), and limited versions are sometimes made available for free.…”

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Metrics in Urban Health: Current Developments and Future Prospects

Prasad¹,

Gray²,

Ross³

et al. 2016

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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The research community has shown increasing interest in developing and using metrics to determine the relationships between urban living and health. In particular, we have seen a recent exponential increase in efforts aiming to investigate and apply metrics for urban health, especially the health impacts of the social and built environments as well as air pollution. A greater recognition of the need to investigate the impacts and trends of health inequities is also evident through more recent literature. Data availability and accuracy have improved through new affordable technologies for mapping, geographic information systems (GIS), and remote sensing. However, less

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confidence: 99%

Metrics in Urban Health: Current Developments and Future Prospects

Prasad¹,

Gray²,

Ross³

et al. 2016

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…In our analysis, we used aggregate flow data instead of pair-wise data, an approach that raises the risk of over-smoothing the heterogeneity of the real urban pedestrian flows. To obtain more accurate results, agent-based modelling (Badland et al, 2013) or dynamic location-based accessibility modelling (Järv et al, 2018), should be carried out.…”

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Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Tiran

Lakner

Drobne

2019

Moravian Geographical Reports

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Walkable access is recognised as one of the most important factors for deciding to walk instead of using other modes of transport. Distance has been less accurately taken into consideration in previous walking accessibility measures, however, as they are often based on an isotropic approach or on a fixed distance threshold. The objective of this paper is to present a method of modelling continuous walking accessibility to different amenities in a city, with an integrated network-based and distance-decay approach, applied to a case study of the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The approach is based on a web survey to obtain data on acceptable walking distances to different types of amenities. Several distance decay functions were analysed for each type of amenity from the cumulative frequency of responses. The best fitting functions were used to model the walking accessibility surfaces for individual amenities in the network, representing five domains (retail, services, recreation, education and transportation) and an overall walking accessibility index. Despite certain limitations and a further need to assess the validity of the methods, our distance-decay network-based approach is more accurate than the isotropic or even network-based modelling of walking distances in continuous or threshold approaches, as it enables the researcher to take into account the differences in propensities to walk to different amenities. The results can be used by city authorities and planners for implementing actions to improve walking accessibility in the most problematic areas.

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“…tool is open source and can be used by government, academics and industry to model future land use scenarios anywhere in the world where the required data is available (https://aurin.org.au/projects/portal-and-infrastructure/what-if). Additional software systems exist to calculate the Urban Heat Island effect (Santamouris and Kolokotsa 2016), stormwater flow in urban environments (Löwe, Urich et al 2017), walkability (Badland, White et al 2013;Boulange, Pettit et al 2017;Boulange, Pettit et al 2018;Giles-Corti, Macaulay et al 2014) and many others (https://docs.aurin.org.au/projects/planning-support-systems).…”

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Understanding the disruptive technology ecosystem in Australian urban and housing contexts: a roadmap

Pettit¹,

Liu²,

Rennie³

et al. 2018

AHURI Final Report

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AHURI is a national independent research network with an expert not-for-profit research management company, AHURI Limited, at its centre. AHURI's mission is to deliver high quality research that influences policy development and practice change to improve the housing and urban environments of all Australians. Using high quality, independent evidence and through active, managed engagement, AHURI works to inform the policies and practices of governments and the housing and urban development industries, and stimulate debate in the broader Australian community. AHURI undertakes evidence-based policy development on a range of priority policy topics that are of interest to our audience groups, including housing and labour markets, urban growth and renewal, planning and infrastructure development, housing supply and affordability, homelessness, economic productivity, and social cohesion and wellbeing. Acknowledgements This material was produced with funding from the Australian Government and state and territory governments. AHURI Limited gratefully acknowledges the financial and other support it has received from these governments, without which this work would not have been possible. AHURI Limited also gratefully acknowledges the contributions, both financial and in-kind, of its university research partners who have helped make the completion of this material possible. The research team would like to thank the contribution of all our Melbourne and Sydney workshop participants. Special thanks go to the four technologists who attended our workshops and assisted us in demonstrating the potential of these emerging technologies. Disclaimer The opinions in this report reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board, its funding organisations or Inquiry panel members. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited, its Board or funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI journal AHURI Final Report journal series is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. Peer review statement An objective assessment of reports published in the AHURI journal series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material published is of the highest quality. The AHURI journal series employs a double-blind peer review of the full report, where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees.

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Using simple agent-based modeling to inform and enhance neighborhood walkability

Cited by 41 publications

References 44 publications

Metrics in Urban Health: Current Developments and Future Prospects

Metrics in Urban Health: Current Developments and Future Prospects

Modelling walking accessibility: A case study of Ljubljana, Slovenia

Understanding the disruptive technology ecosystem in Australian urban and housing contexts: a roadmap

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