Walk score® and its potential contribution to the study of active transport and walkability: A critical and systematic review

Hall, C. Michael; Ram, Yael

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2017.12.018

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“…Access to public services, better commutes and proximity to other people and places make neighbourhoods happier, healthier and more sustainable. Neighbourhood walkability is not a new approach in academic research as a measurement of promoting active urban ageing [ 63 , 64 , 65 ]. There is a need to undertake actions in improving urban walkability conditions, as they are strongly related with the quality of life of (older) citizens [ 66 ].…”

Section: Building Friendly Places and Inclusive Neighbourhoods Formentioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenges of Urban Ageing: Making Cities Age-Friendly in Europe

Hoof

Kazak

Perek‐Białas

et al. 2018

IJERPH

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Urban ageing is an emerging domain that deals with the population of older people living in cities. The ageing of society is a positive yet challenging phenomenon, as population ageing and urbanisation are the culmination of successful human development. One could argue whether the city environment is an ideal place for people to grow old and live at an old age compared to rural areas. This viewpoint article explores and describes the challenges that are encountered when making cities age-friendly in Europe. Such challenges include the creation of inclusive neighbourhoods and the implementation of technology for ageing-in-place. Examples from projects in two age-friendly cities in The Netherlands (The Hague) and Poland (Cracow) are shown to illustrate the potential of making cities more tuned to the needs of older people and identify important challenges for the next couple of years. Overall, the global ageing of urban populations calls for more age-friendly approaches to be implemented in our cities. It is a challenge to prepare for these developments in such a way that both current and future generations of older people can benefit from age-friendly strategies.

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Section: Building Friendly Places and Inclusive Neighbourhoods Formentioning

confidence: 99%

The Challenges of Urban Ageing: Making Cities Age-Friendly in Europe

Hoof

Kazak

Perek‐Białas

et al. 2018

IJERPH

184

122

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“…This tool scores the walkability of an area on a progressive scale from 0 to 100. 1 While the variable is widely used, issues have been raised in with respect to what aspects of walkability are actually being measured (Hall & Ram, 2018). WalkScore tm measures access to a range of amenities that likely are potentially more walkable, but this also means that the relative density of amenities is also likely to lead to higher rents.…”

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How inter-city rents are shaped by health considerations of pollution and walkability: A study of 146 mid-sized cities

Gilderbloom

Meares

2020

Journal of Urban Affairs

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The purpose of this study is to better understand the factors that shape variations in rent across midsize cities in the U.S. We empirically test several theories (economic, sociological, and green theory) to discover what is explaining these differences. Our approach compares 146 semi-isolated, medium-sized U.S. cities and regresses economic, green and social characteristics on the monthly median contract rent. Our results show weaknesses in the economic and sociological explanations with green characteristics adding greater explanatory power to what shapes inter-city rent differentials. Our results indicate that cities that are considered walkable and have lower pollution levels tend to have statistically significant higher rents-a finding which has implications for understanding rent variations and for planners and citizen groups who pursue more livable places. During an era of the great pandemic/COVID-19 health crisis, we believe that citizens will pay more rent for cities that are more walkable and have less pollution.

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“…While there have been significant international efforts to developing walkability measures [40][41][42][43], little is evident with respect to research focussed on walkability in Galway upon which the authors might build. A qualitative study that investigated modal shifts among the workforce of a large employer in Galway found perceived safety risks to be an important barrier to walking [44].…”

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Heading in the Right Direction? Investigating Walkability in Galway City, Ireland

Hynes

Seoighthe

2018

Urban Science

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As cities and towns worldwide strive to improve quality of life for citizens, debates centred on mobility are at the forefront of transportation policy thinking and urban design and planning. The automobile radically transformed cities, not always for the better, and the transport paradigm espoused over previous decades has primarily focussed on cars. This is still largely evident, driven by policymakers and key decisionmakers using forecasting and transportation and economic models that justify such car-centric planning. However, it is now clear that this approach of increasing automobility is unsustainable. Urban planners across the world are coming to a similar conclusion; they are better off with fewer cars, and a new vision is required, which sees people embracing active and sustainable transportation and sharing public space, information, and new innovative services to make cities more attractive and liveable. Walkability is the measure of how pleasant an area is for walking. By promoting and encouraging people to walk more, we achieve the benefits of better personal health and safer, more convivial neighbourhoods and communities. Making cities more walkable involves incorporating features into urban landscapes that make walking an agreeable experience and bringing a range of necessary and interesting destinations within walking distances of homes and workplaces. Using data from the Mobilities and Liveability in Galway project, this paper seeks a richer understanding of issues relating to existing topographies of walkability and the barriers and pressures that exist with regards to the further development of walking in the city-a healthy and pleasurable way of getting about.

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Walk score® and its potential contribution to the study of active transport and walkability: A critical and systematic review

Cited by 160 publications

References 73 publications

The Challenges of Urban Ageing: Making Cities Age-Friendly in Europe

The Challenges of Urban Ageing: Making Cities Age-Friendly in Europe

How inter-city rents are shaped by health considerations of pollution and walkability: A study of 146 mid-sized cities

Heading in the Right Direction? Investigating Walkability in Galway City, Ireland

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