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The Digital Life of Walkable Streets [PDF]
, 2015 Walkability has many health, environmental, and economic benefits. That is why web and mobile services have been offering ways of computing walkability scores of individual street segments.
Alexander C. +25 more
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Walkability and Urban Capabilities: evaluation and Planning Decision Support [PDF]
Territorio Italia, 2015 We propose a methodology for the evaluation of urban walkability, and the related software tool for decision and planning support. In the introduction, we discuss the relevance of the concept of walkability for urban quality of life, and attempt to place
Ivan Blečić +4 more
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Walkability around primary schools and area deprivation across Scotland [PDF]
, 2016 Background: A number of studies based in the US, Canada, and Australia, have found evidence of associations between the built environment (BE) and mode of transport to school, and links between active travel and deprivation.
Ellaway, Anne +3 more
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Becoming walkable: relational and contextual effects of enhanced walkability
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2021 This study aims to understand how infill developments with walkable policies influence not only the walkability of the modified area but also the proximate urban spaces located in the context. The paper uses a mixed-methods and a relational approach to conduct comparative research in the form of pre- and post-construction analysis in a recently ...
Soroush Masoumzadeh +2 more
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Is Your Neighborhood Designed to Support Physical Activity? A Brief Streetscape Audit Tool. [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION:Macro level built environment factors (eg, street connectivity, walkability) are correlated with physical activity. Less studied but more modifiable microscale elements of the environment (eg, crosswalks) may also affect physical activity ...
Cain, Kelli L +9 more
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Workplace Health & Safety, 2015 Walking is one of the simplest lifestyle changes workers can make to improve their health. Research shows a wealth of health benefits. Often, occupational and environmental health nurses are in charge of implementing walking programs. A tool is needed to continuously improve a company’s walking program whether in the beginning stages or to an already ...
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Evaluating Matrix Factorization Techniques for Thematic Mapping of Wilderness Walkability Using Multiple GPX Datasets [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesQuantitative thematic mapping of walkability in wilderness areas is challenging due to sparse and unreliable data. Unlike urban walkability, which depends on built infrastructure, wilderness walkability is influenced by natural terrain features such as ...
L. Šerić, B. Draško, A. Ivanda
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 The built environment is an important factor affecting physical activity, especially walkability. Walkability is used to characterize the user friendliness of outdoor physical activity.
Hui He +3 more
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The neighbourhood physical environment and active travel in older adults : a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Perceived and objectively-assessed aspects of the neighbourhood physical environment have been postulated to be key contributors to regular engagement in active travel (AT) in older adults.
Andrea Nathan +5 more
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Design of pedestrian network friendliness maps [PDF]
, 2019 This article introduces the concept of pedestrian, or walking friendliness, and presents a methodology for obtaining maps thereof. Walking friendliness is a quality of walking indicator, defined for any given origin in a city, which combines ...
Jesus, Eduardo Natividade +3 more
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