School walkability index: Application of environmental audit tool and GIS

Lee, Sung-Min; Lee, Chanam; Nam, Ji Won; Abbey-Lambertz, Mark; Mendoza, Jason A.

doi:10.1016/j.jth.2020.100880

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“…This relationship is depicted in Figure 6 and social environment, and subjective well-being (Ronit et al, 2021;Sharov, 2020;Yin & Zhang, 2021), as noted in Figure 6 (Active Travel/Safety and social access, Active Travel/Subjective well-being, Active Travel/Health). The role of safety in promoting walkability is not extensively researched; nonetheless, some studies link poor walking and travel behaviour with safety concerns associated with the built environment, including long distances to amenities, shortages of sidewalks, traffic, and lack of cycling paths (Cambra & Moura, 2020;Iroz-Elardo et al, 2021;Lee et al, 2020;S. R. Liu et al, 2018;Y.…”

Section: Urban Mobility and Urban Livingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…SERS appears to be applicable in studies regarding pandemic control measures, including extensive lockdowns, restricted mobility, and social isolation. The built environment has been associated with health and active travel (Cambra & Moura, 2020;Iroz-Elardo et al, 2021;Lee et al, 2020;S. R. Liu et al, 2018;Y.…”

Section: The Covid-19 Pandemic Social Distancing and Urban Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

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Pryce²,

Eijdenberg³

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Urbanisation, urban mobility (active travel), and public health continue to be three defining issues of the 21st century. Today, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a proportion that is expected to reach 70% by 2050. Not surprisingly, urbanisation has significant impacts on mobility, health, and well-being. Today’s cities struggle with health challenges such as those that are either a direct result of infectious and non-communicable diseases or issues related to violence and injuries. According to the World Health Organisation, the lack of suitable space in urban areas for physical activities and active living has turned cities into epicentres for diseases. The concept of urban mobility and its connection to health is not new. However, the ways through which a healthy city objective is achieved are poorly investigated in the academic literature. Accordingly, this article proposes a holistic conceptual framework by consolidating knowledge around factors impacting urban mobility by adopting a scoping review methodology to determine the field’s scope, coverage, and existing knowledge gap. To achieve the above objectives, 3,189 research articles and book chapters published between 2014 and 2021 were screened. A total of 92 studies were identified as eligible for inclusion in the scoping review. This approach revealed the importance of understanding urban mobility and healthy cities and of identifying and enacting associated enablers. Covid-19 has amplified the urgency of giving attention to these issues. The scoping review also showed a need for further research that investigates the future of urban mobility and healthy cities. A conceptual framework has been drawn from the literature to guide such future research.

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Section: Urban Mobility and Urban Livingmentioning

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Section: The Covid-19 Pandemic Social Distancing and Urban Mobilitymentioning

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Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Chaiechi

Pryce²,

Eijdenberg³

et al. 2022

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“…This is a crucial issue to many parents who have to be committed to work schedules that conflict with their children's essential activities such as going to school. This dilemma leaves parents with options that either sacrifice the children's schooling or forgo a portion of their income (McDonald and Aalborg, 2009;Giles-Corti et al, 2011;Christiansen et al, 2014;Lee et al, 2020).…”

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Walkability and Its Relationships With Health, Sustainability, and Livability: Elements of Physical Environment and Evaluation Frameworks

Baobeid

Koç

Al-Ghamdi

2021

Front. Built Environ.

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Urban sprawl and increasing population density in urban centers create the challenge to finding ways of sustainable transportation solutions that preserve the convenience of residents while reducing emissions. Therefore, walkability is a core urban design element because of being advantageous onto three fronts: health, livability, and sustainability. Adopting walkability as urban solution relieves conceptual and practical tensions between the individualistic interests manifested in the desire to own and use private cars, and the need to reduce transportation-based consumption. This review advocates that long-term health benefits from walking and physical activity are the premier incentive to repurpose our cities to be more sustainable and more walking friendly, and spark behavioral change into reducing car dependency for all daily transportations. The review inspects physical elements of the built environment that make the walking trip feasible and desirable, such as connectivity, accessibility, and closeness of destination points, presence of greenness and parks, commercial retail, and proximity to transit hubs and stations. Hence, this review explores a few popular walkability evaluation indices and frameworks that employ subjective, objective, and/or distinctive methods within variant environmental, cultural, and national context. There is no unified universal standardized walkability theory despite the need for rigorous evaluation tools for policy makers and developers. Furthermore, there is a lack of emphasis on air quality and thermal stress while approaching walkability, despite being important elements in the walking experience. Research opportunities in the field of walkability can leverage location tracking from smart devices and identify the interaction patterns of pedestrians with other transportation modes, especially for those with fundamental movement challenges such as wheelchair users.

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“…D'Orso and Migliore [22], for example, developed a methodology in a GIS environment to help policymakers identifying the arcs of a pedestrian network that need a prioritised action. Additionally, Lee et al [23] addressed the issue of walkability in a GIS environment: thanks to a street audit tool and GIS, indeed, the authors evaluated the impact of the built environment on children's walking to school in an area up to 2 km radius around some elementary schools in Seattle. This allowed the authors to deduce a "Walkability Index", analysing where to enact adequate measures to improve its level.…”

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A GIS-Based Methodology for Evaluating the Increase in Multimodal Transport between Bicycle and Rail Transport Systems. A Case Study in Palermo

Capodici

D’Orso

Migliore

2021

IJGI

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Background: In a world where every municipality is pursuing the goals of more sustainable mobility, bicycles play a fundamental role in getting rid of private cars and travelling by an eco-friendly mode of transport. Additionally, private and shared bikes can be used as a feeder transit system, solving the problem of the first- and last-mile trips. Thanks to GIS (Geographic Information System) software, it is possible to evaluate the effectiveness of such a sustainable means of transport in future users’ modal choice. Methods: Running an accessibility analysis of cycling and rail transport services, the potential mobility demand attracted by these services and the possible multimodality between bicycle and rail transport systems can be assessed. Moreover, thanks to a modal choice model calibrated for high school students, it could be verified if students will be really motivated to adopt this solution for their home-to-school trips. Results: The GIS-based analysis showed that almost half of the active population in the study area might potentially abandon the use of their private car in favour of a bike and its combination with public transport systems; furthermore, the percentage of the students of one high school of Palermo, the Einstein High School, sharply increases from 1.5% up to 10.1%, thanks also to the combination with the rail transport service. Conclusions: The GIS-based methodology shows that multimodal transport can be an effective way to pursue a more sustainable mobility in cities and efficiently connect suburbs with low-frequent public transport services to the main public transport nodes.

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School walkability index: Application of environmental audit tool and GIS

Cited by 37 publications

References 40 publications

Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Rethinking the Contextual Factors Influencing Urban Mobility: A New Holistic Conceptual Framework

Walkability and Its Relationships With Health, Sustainability, and Livability: Elements of Physical Environment and Evaluation Frameworks

A GIS-Based Methodology for Evaluating the Increase in Multimodal Transport between Bicycle and Rail Transport Systems. A Case Study in Palermo

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