ArticleHealth & place2017
Geographic regions for assessing built environmental correlates with walking trips: A comparison using different metrics and model designs.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Activity spaces in studies of the environment and physical activity: A review and synthesis of implications for causality.Health & place · 2019Pooled it
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- Evaluating the Effects of Built Environment on Street Vitality at the City Level: An Empirical Research Based on Spatial Panel Durbin Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Role of Built Environments on Physical Activity and Health Promotion: A Review and Policy Insights.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Investigating where adolescents engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity and sedentary behaviour: An exploratory study.PloS one · 2022Article
- GPS-based built environment measures associated with adult physical activity.Health & place · 2021Article
- Towards an Integrated Science of Movement: Converging Research on Animal Movement Ecology and Human Mobility Science.International journal of geographical information science : IJGIS · 2019Article
- Walking and Walkability in Pre-Set and Self-Defined Neighborhoods: A Mental Mapping Study in Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
There is growing international evidence that supportive built environments encourage active travel such as walking. An unsettled question is the role of geographic regions for analyzing the relationship between the built environment and active travel. This paper examines the geographic region question by assessing walking trip models that use two different regions: walking activity spaces and self-defined neighborhoods. We also use two types of built environment metrics, perceived and audit data, and two types of study design, cross-sectional and longitudinal, to assess these regions. We find that the built environment associations with walking are dependent on the type of metric and the type of model. Audit measures summarized within walking activity spaces better explain walking trips compared to audit measures within self-defined neighborhoods. Perceived measures summarized within self-defined neighborhoods have mixed results. Finally, results differ based on study design. This suggests that results may not be comparable among different regions, metrics and designs; researchers need to consider carefully these choices when assessing active travel correlates.
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