The development of a walkability audit. Based on Iranian cities pedestrian environment
Files
(Published version)
Date
2018
Authors
Soltani, A.
Pour, M.H.
Sholeh, M.
Zare, P.
Editors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Type:
Journal article
Citation
TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 2018; special issue 1:95-108
Statement of Responsibility
Conference Name
Abstract
Given its influence on public health and the vehicle usage, along with its negative consequences, walkability has attracted much attention in recent decades. Meanwhile, the development of a method to measure walkability of urban areas for the purpose of improving this feature is of utmost importance. Hence, after a comprehensive investigation of environmental measures which are related to the users' walking behavior, the researchers attempted to develop an efficient and reliable environmental audit tool based on these measures. Following the development of a protocol for utilization and management of the tool, we designed two different tests to validate it. The participants were taught how to use the tool, then, it was tested in the Eram neighborhood of Shiraz (Fars province, Iran). The statistical analysis of the obtained data showed that 13 of the environmental measures were not reliable to be used in various environments. However, given the remaining 50 items, the tool is valid for being applied to other urban areas.
School/Discipline
Dissertation Note
Provenance
Description
Access Status
Rights
Copyright 2018 University of Naples. This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)