Physical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the US and internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the …
Houses with better street design are found to relate to a price premium. Prior studies mainly present the street quality using objective indicators like tree counts and distance to parks …
A Forsyth - Urban design international, 2015 - Springer
What exactly is meant by the term 'walkability'? In professional, research and public debates the term is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena. Some discussions …
Although the pedestrian-friendly qualities of streetscapes promote walking, quantitative understanding of streetscape functionality remains insufficient. This study proposed a novel …
Walkability has been defined as the extent to which the urban environment is pedestrian friendly. By measuring it, planning professionals may be able to address the quality of the …
J Francis, B Giles-Corti, L Wood, M Knuiman - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
A strong sense of community has been associated with improved wellbeing, increased feelings of safety and security, participation in community affairs and civic responsibility …
The experience of walking through a city is influenced by amenities and the visual qualities of its built environment. This paper uses thousands of pedestrian trajectories obtained from …
Received the Environmental Design Research Association's 2014 Place Book Award Shortlisted for the UDG Francis Tibbalds Book Award 2014 Good cities are places of social …
R Ewing, S Handy - Journal of Urban design, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
This study attempts to comprehensively and objectively measure subjective qualities of the urban street environment. Using ratings from an expert panel, it was possible to measure …