Walking through deprived neighbourhoods: Meanings and constructions behind the attributes of the built environment

Walking for transportation in large Latin American cities: walking-only trips and total walking events and their sociodemographic correlates

“…In this same line, a recent review pointed out how studies exploring accessibility issues in Latin American cities should pay more attention to active modes in order to identify paths to improve the conditions in which these trips occur, and thus inform environmental and socially sustainable transport planning in developing countries (Vecchio, Tiznado-Aitken, & Hurtubia, 2020 ). This is particularly relevant for individuals in low income groups and also women, who not only are more likely to walk for transportation on a daily basis (Herrmann-Lunecke et al, 2020 ; Marquet, Bedoya, & Miralles-Guasch, 2017 ) but also have specific experiences of walking (Figueroa Martínez, Hodgson, Mullen, & Timms, 2019 ; Sagaris & Tiznado-Aitken, 2018 ).…”

Urban Crime Occurrences in Association with Built Environment Characteristics: An African Case with Implications for Urban Design

“…Given that a very limited number of empirical studies on the relationship between the urban built environment and crimes focus on measuring the physical spatial structure at the neighborhood level by integrating different spatial components and on the moderating effects of socioeconomic factors in developing countries, this study contributes to the literature by providing new and valuable evidence on the relationship between the urban built environment and different specific types of crimes, leading to a deeper understanding of said relationship. In addition, the UBEIs developed in this study (i.e., POS, RNC, and RegSI; NAge and PFSB) will fill the existing gap in the literature and provide better indicators to studies that highly demand UBEIs such as urban planning, energy efficiency, public health/urban walking [34,53], and body mass index [54].…”

“…Neighborhoods containing dilapidated housing and those showing slight physical disorder [16] become suitable targets for criminals and tend to register more crimes. These zones are located nearer or within to the city center, where there is higher accessibility and concentration of commercial and services areas and the best infrastructures and facilities that provide more crime opportunities, especially for residential robbery [34,35].…”

Why Mobility Justice Means Prioritising Accessible Walking Environments

“…For instance, it could be a section of road or junction or crossing that someone considers too dangerous to navigate. Barriers can also be created by crime, or fear of crime (Figueroa Martínez et al, 2019), and again, it might be only a small part of the route that is considered too dangerous. A third form of barrier are physical obstructions, including those which mean it is impossible (or at least impossible for some people) to get over or through, and surface conditions which make a route impassable for some or all people.…”

“…Conditions for walking, including movement around neighbourhoods, are also the subject of some work on social inclusion in transport planning and policy. For instance, there is consideration of the difficulties faced by people whose only travel mode is walking and who need to walk through areas which are polluted or dangerous (for instance, Bostock, 2001;Figueroa Martínez et al, 2019). Further work has considered the impacts of community severance where traffic is itself a barrier to movement and so to community interaction Mindell and Saffron, 2012).…”