ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2018
Development of a Neighbourhood Walkability Index for Porto Metropolitan Area. How Strongly Is Walkability Associated with Walking for Transport?
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- The Associations Between Urban Form and Major Non-communicable Diseases: a Systematic Review.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Pooled it
- How different are objective operationalizations of walkability for older adults compared to the general population? A systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Association between Land Use Mix and Respiratory Symptoms and Asthma in Children from the Generation XXI Birth Cohort.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2022Article
- Walkability measures to predict the likelihood of walking in a place: A classification and regression tree analysis.Health & place · 2021Article
- The Study on Spatial Elements of Health-Supportive Environment in Residential Streets Promoting Residents' Walking Trips.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Neighborhood Walkability Is Not Associated with Adults' Sedentary Behavior in the Residential Setting: Evidence from Breda, The Netherlands.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Comfort and Time-Based Walkability Index Design: A GIS-Based Proposal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
The creation of walkable communities constitutes a cost-effective health promotion strategy, as walking is an accessible and free intervention for increasing physical activity and health. In this cross-sectional ecological study, we developed a walkability index for the Porto Metropolitan Area and we validated it by assessing its association with walking for transportation. Neighborhood walkability was measured using a geographic information system and resulted from the weighted sum of residential density, street connectivity, and a destination-based entropy index. The index was categorized into quintiles of increasing walkability. Among the 1,112,555 individuals living in the study area, 28.1% resided in neighborhoods in the upper quintile of walkability and 15.8% resided in the least walkable neighborhoods. Adjusted regression models revealed that individuals residing in the most walkable neighborhoods are 81% more likely to report walking for transportation, compared with those from the least walkable neighborhoods (odds ratio: 1.81; 95% confidence intervals: 1.76⁻1.87). These results suggest that community design strategies to improve walkability may promote walking behavior.
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