Objective versus subjective measures of the built environment, which are most effective in capturing associations with walking?

Lin, Lin; Moudon, Anne Vernez

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.11.002

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“…Perceived measures are generally obtained from interviews or self-administered questionnaires; objective measures are typically derived from systematic observations, audits, or geographic information system (GIS)-based measures relying on existing spatial data (e.g., street network, land-use data). Though many studies use objective and perceived measures interchangeably, the mismatch between the perceived and objective environment and their different effects on travel behavior and physical activity have recently been recognized (Ball et al 2008;Gebel, Bauman, and Owen 2009;Gebel et al 2011;Handy, Cao, and Mokhtarian 2006;Kirtland et al 2003;Lackey and Kaczynski 2009;Lin and …”

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Do people’s perceptions of neighborhood bikeability match “Reality”?

Dill

2016

JTLU

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Do people perceive the built environment the same as we objectively measure it? If not, what are the relative roles of the objective versus the perceived environment on bicycling behavior? This study, based on data from Portland, Oregon, explored the match or mismatch between the objective and perceived bicycling environment and how it affects people's bicycling behavior. The descriptive analysis indicated a fair agreement between perceived and objective measures. Older adults, women having children, less-educated and lower-income persons, and those who bicycle less tended to perceive their high-bikeable environment (measured objectively) as being a low-bikeable environment. In addition to the socio-demographics, this study also found that the social environment can play a role in the relationship between the objective and perceived environment. Finally, results of this study indicated that both the actual and perceived built environment are associated with bicycling behavior, particularly for utilitarian bicycling. For recreational bicycling, the objective environment attributes measured in this study are not significant factors, while perceptions do matter.

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Do people’s perceptions of neighborhood bikeability match “Reality”?

Dill

2016

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“…However, the poor agreement between objective and perceived measures of physical environment characteristics for walking behavior in general undermines that association [17,18].…”

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“…First, the set of physical environment characteristics associated with recreational walking is different from the set which is associated with utilitarian walking [15,16]. Second, there is poor agreement between macro-and microscale measures [8], as well as between objective and perceived measures of these scales [17,18]. Third, the role of SES is not clear in this framework.…”

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Walking beyond the Socioeconomic Status in an Objectively and Perceptually Walkable Pedestrian Environment

Toker

2015

Urban Studies Research

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An extensive body of literature suggests that physical environment, physical activity, and socioeconomic status (SES) are intrinsically linked to each other and to weight related health problems. In this study, the role of objective and perceived pedestrian environment characteristics (microscale measures) was explored in relation to people's recreational walking patterns in two neighborhoods with opposite SES. A total of 441 street segments were assessed and a total of 133 questionnaires were conducted. The findings suggest that recreational walking can take place beyond a neighborhood's suggested SES when objective and especially perceived microscale characteristics (pedestrian environment) are favorable.

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“…Though many walkability indices both in research and on the internet make use of more detailed (micro-level) field audits and crowd sourcing, one of the aims of this study was to avoid using such subjective data. Research by Parks and Schofer [15], Lin and Vernez Moudon [10] and Özbil and Peponis [16] has shown that objective measures of urban environment can be used in lieu of subjective measures for analysis, and in fact show strong association with walking activity. Data sets for this study were chosen with the primary concern of maintaining compatibility between American and Japanese data, and as such, data that could not be transformed to be equivalent between the two countries was left out from the study.…”

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Measuring walkability and its effect on light rail usage: a comparative study of the USA and Japan

Nawrocki

Nakagawa

Matsunaka

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WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

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With rising awareness of global warming and its consequences, greater efforts are being made to make our cities more sustainable. Among many factors that can lead to more a sustainable future, policies encouraging walking and the use of public transportation can be considered as major priorities in planning. There is a significant body of research concerning the process of rating urban structure according to its ease of access for pedestrians and concerning the relationships between walking and public transportation. However, there are few studies focused on the direct relationship between walking and Light Rail Transit (LRT). This study sought to understand the effect of the so-called walkability of urban areas on LRT usage in the USA and Japan. To achieve this goal, an objective, an internationally applicable method for quantifying walkability, was devised using urban structure and street network data in the USA and Japan. Walkability indices derived using this method was used to measure the effect of walkability in station areas on LRT ridership in both countries. Results show that the urban structure around stations in Japanese cities can generally be considered more walkable than cities in the USA. Moreover, station area walkability has a measurable effect on LRT usage, but only in the USA.

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Objective versus subjective measures of the built environment, which are most effective in capturing associations with walking?

Cited by 166 publications

References 65 publications

Do people’s perceptions of neighborhood bikeability match “Reality”?

Do people’s perceptions of neighborhood bikeability match “Reality”?

Walking beyond the Socioeconomic Status in an Objectively and Perceptually Walkable Pedestrian Environment

Measuring walkability and its effect on light rail usage: a comparative study of the USA and Japan

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