Walkability is defined as the extent to which the built environment is friendly to people who
walk, which benefits the health of residents and increases the liveability of cities, and studies …

Agent-based modeling is a computational approach in which agents with a specified set of
characteristics interact with each other and with their environment according to predefined …

Walkability indices are used to characterize the relationship between health and place.
Indices make assumptions that affect analysis of the built environment and resulting …

Many walkability indices have been developed by considering a range of specific indicators.
However, comfort indicators at the neighbourhood scale and the effects of thermal comfort …

This paper pursues three goals:(1) determining the relative importance of built environment
barriers limiting walkability,(2) analyzing the existence of an asymmetry in the way people …

Introduction The past decade has increasingly seen systems approaches as a featured
theme in public health studies and policy documents. This trend is evident in the area of …

The analysis of urban walkability has been extensively explored in the last decades. Despite
this growing attention, there is a lack of studies attentive on how citizens' values, individual …

Walkable cities are critically important for promoting the well-being of urban residents and
reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The walkability of a city is …

The research community has shown increasing interest in developing and using metrics to
determine the relationships between urban living and health. In particular, we have seen a …

Abstract Planning Support Systems are spatially enabled computer based analytical tools.
They are designed to process spatial data and model “what if” scenarios in support of …