Neighborhood Walkability in a City within a Developing Country

Lotfi, Sedigheh; Koohsari, Mohammad Javad

doi:10.1061/(asce)up.1943-5444.0000085

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“…Built environment attributes fall into two categories [14]: (1) macro built environment attributes, including neighbourhood residential density, land use-mix and route connectivity, which shape the overall design and structure of a neighbourhood; and (2) micro built environment attributes, including safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetics (defined in Table 1), which shape route characteristics in a neighbourhood [14,15]. Most previous studies on walking have focused on macro built environment attributes [16,17,18,19], however, examining micro built environment attributes may also be useful [14]. Micro built environment attributes can be modified at lower cost and more rapidly than macro built environment attributes [14,15,20].…”

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Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking: Inequalities in Neighbourhood Safety, Pedestrian Infrastructure and Aesthetics

Zandieh

Martínez

Flacke

et al. 2016

IJERPH

106

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Older adults living in high-deprivation areas walk less than those living in low-deprivation areas. Previous research has shown that older adults’ outdoor walking levels are related to the neighbourhood built environment. This study examines inequalities in perceived built environment attributes (i.e., safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetics) and their possible influences on disparities in older adults’ outdoor walking levels in low- and high-deprivation areas of Birmingham, United Kingdom. It applied a mixed-method approach, included 173 participants (65 years and over), used GPS technology to measure outdoor walking levels, used questionnaires (for all participants) and conducted walking interviews (with a sub-sample) to collect data on perceived neighbourhood built environment attributes. The results show inequalities in perceived neighbourhood safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetics in high- versus low-deprivation areas and demonstrate that they may influence disparities in participants’ outdoor walking levels. Improvements of perceived neighbourhood safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetic in high-deprivation areas are encouraged.

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Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking: Inequalities in Neighbourhood Safety, Pedestrian Infrastructure and Aesthetics

Zandieh

Martínez

Flacke

et al. 2016

IJERPH

106

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“…The condition of the sidewalk plays an important role in increasing the level of walkability of the built environment. The sidewalk path context and quality of sidewalk network are adequate predictors to walkability that has the ability to affect the walking likelihood and increased walkability in a city [1][2][3][4]. Lack of walkable elements within the sidewalk can negatively affect pedestrian walking behavior [5].…”

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Gender Differences in Pedestrian Perception and Satisfaction on the Walkability of Kuala Lumpur City Center

Arshad

Bahari

Hashim

et al. 2016

MATEC Web of Conferences

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Abstract. The quality of built environment usually influences the walkability of a city. This is because each pedestrian walk differently on different type of facilities or built environment provided to them. This paper aims to investigate whether gender differences influences the pedestrian perception and satisfaction level at three sidewalks located within the Kuala Lumpur City Center by means of questionnaire survey. A total of 317 pedestrians were involved in the questionnaire survey at the three different sidewalk locations. The result shows significant differences in mean satisfaction value between male and female pedestrians. Female pedestrian give lower satisfaction value for overall travel experience at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman but higher satisfaction value at Petaling Street and Bukit Bintang compared to male pedestrian. Overall, the satisfaction level was rated between acceptable to satisfactory regardless of gender differences. Improvements should be made for the safety parameter because both male and female pedestrian gives lowest satisfaction level in that area.

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“…According to Sundquist et al (2011) [19], physical activity is associated with a number of positive health outcomes, such as increased longevity and decreased risks of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus type 2, and some types of cancer. Not surprisingly, the relationship between physical activity and quality of life in what particularly concerns the case of the elderly has been gaining especial attention in the scientific community, being an enhancer element of the changes that arise naturally with aging [20][21][22]. Hygiene and health care promotion measures, which consequently impact on life expectancy, imply that all social and economic consequences of the aging process are taken into consideration [1].…”

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How Are Local Policies Promoting Older People’s Mobility? A Case Study

2018

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Aging populations pose a challenge to many policy areas. Although the importance of the built environment on citizens’ mobility and quality of life has been widely acknowledged in the literature, research focusing on elderly people is relatively recent and still scarce namely in Portugal. This article aims at understanding how local stakeholders perceive the built environment and occupational activities targeted to the elderly. The article focuses on the municipality of Viseu, a medium-sized city located in the NUTSII Centro Region of Portugal, considered twice to be the best city to live in in Portugal. Document analysis and face-to-face semi-structured interviews of local stakeholders were conducted. Findings show that there is still a need to take further policy steps to allow older adults to be more active and to promote the neighbourhood’s walkability.

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Neighborhood Walkability in a City within a Developing Country

Cited by 54 publications

References 51 publications

Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking: Inequalities in Neighbourhood Safety, Pedestrian Infrastructure and Aesthetics

Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking: Inequalities in Neighbourhood Safety, Pedestrian Infrastructure and Aesthetics

Gender Differences in Pedestrian Perception and Satisfaction on the Walkability of Kuala Lumpur City Center

How Are Local Policies Promoting Older People’s Mobility? A Case Study

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