Self-selection in the relationship between the built environment and walking - Empirical evidence from northern California
Self-selection in the relationship between the built environment and walking - Empirical evidence from northern California
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DOI：
10.1080/01944360608976724
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Mokhtarian, PL
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作者：
Handy, S;Cao, XY;Mokhtarian, PL
现有证据证实了建筑环境和步行之间的相关性，但没有因果关系，这让研究人员争论，是否可以通过“自我选择”来解释观察到的相关性：更喜欢步行的居民会选择住在更适合步行的社区吗？利用对北加州8个社区居民的调查数据，本文提出了建筑环境和步行行为之间存在因果关系的可能性的新证据。这项工作通过将出行态度和邻里偏好纳入步行行为分析中，并使用准纵向设计来测试建筑环境变化和步行变化之间的关系，从而改进了大多数先前的研究。这两项分析都表明，即使在考虑了态度和偏好之后，建筑环境也会对步行行为产生影响。
Available evidence establishes correlations between the built environment and walking, but not a causal relationship, leading researchers to debate whether '' self-selection '' explains the observed correlations: do residents who prefer to walk choose to live in more walkable neighborhoods? Using data from a survey of residents of eight neighborhoods in Northern California, this article presents new evidence on the possibility of a causal relationship between the built environment and walking behavior. This work improves on most previous studies by incorporating travel attitudes and neighborhood preferences into the analysis of walking behavior, and by using a quasi-longitudinal design to test the relationship between changes in the built environment and changes in walking. Both analyses show that the built environment has an impact on walking behavior even after accounting for attitudes and preferences.