The Relationship of Neighbourhood Built Environment Features and Adult Parents' Walking
The Relationship of Neighbourhood Built Environment Features and Adult Parents' Walking
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DOI：
10.1080/13574800701803456
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Anderson, Craig L.
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作者：
Alfonzo, Mariela;Boarnet, Marlon G.;Anderson, Craig L.
关于城市设计和步行的研究通常强调物理环境的宏观尺度特征，例如街区长度和交叉口数量，这些特征可以使用GIS和/或航空照片进行远程测量。相比之下，城市设计师强调微观尺度特征在个人使用和体验邻里环境中的重要性。本文超越了研究个体建筑环境特征和步行的相关性，开始测试关于建筑环境的哪些综合特征（安全性、舒适性等）可能对走路的影响最大。几个城市设计特点的11个街区在整个加州进行了观察。自我报告，成人步行数据的数量和类型的步行旅行，从调查管理的3 - 5年级学生的父母。与可达性和安全性相关的城市设计特征与成年人在其社区的步行量有关。将与城市设计相关的变量转化为指数，可以清楚地说明建筑环境如何影响步行。安全性成为最重要的建筑环境特征（测试），与目的地和休闲步行有关。
Research on urban design and walking often emphasizes macro-scale features of the physical environment, such as block length and number of intersections, that can be measured remotely using GIS and or aerial photographs. In contrast, urban designers emphasize the importance of micro-scale features in individuals' use and experience of neighbourhood environments. This paper moves beyond examining correlations of individual built environment features and walking, to begin to test proposals about which composite characteristics of the built environment (safety, comfort, etc.) may have the greatest impact on walking. Several urban design characteristics of 11 neighbourhoods throughout California were observed. Self-report, adult walking data on the number and types of walking trips were obtained from surveys administered to parents of 3rd-5th graders. Urban design features related to both accessibility and safety are associated with the amount of walking that adults do in their neighbourhoods. Grouping related urban design variables into indices provides some clarity as to how the built environment may impact walking. Safety emerges as the most important built environment characteristic (of those tested), related to both destination and recreational walking.