Walking is undoubtedly a sustainable and healthy mode of transport. However, the decision
to walk is influenced by many built environment and streetscape attributes. Specifically, the …

Visual characteristics of the built environment affect how people perceive and experience
cities. For a long time, many studies have examined visual perception in cities. Such efforts …

Developing more walkable environments plays an essential role in healthy-city planning.
Planners often assess the typical walkability framework from a geographic perspective …

Gathering knowledge about physical settings and visual information of places has long been
of interest to a wide variety of fields as they affect the experience of observers. Previous …

Background Geographical environments influence people's active mobility behaviors,
contributing to their physical and mental health. The use of Virtual Reality (VR) in …

Promoting adolescents' active school travel may support their health and wellbeing. Based
on survey data of 473 adolescents in Guangzhou, China, and street view images, we …

In Latin American cities, the built environment is facing crucial challenges in the 21st
century, not only in terms of the redesign of the physical environment, but also how to …

To improve social factors related to quality of life (QOL), slow travel modes, represented by
walking, may enable more opportunities for physical activities/social contacts. The impacts of …

The walkability of a neighborhood is important for alleviating transport problems and
improving the social and physical wellbeing of residents. However, it is unclear to what …

Shared space design aims to establish an environment in which pedestrians, cyclists, and
motor vehicles can interact and coexist harmoniously. To identify whether pedestrians and …