The development of a walkability index: application to the Neighborhood Quality of Life Study

LD Frank, JF Sallis, BE Saelens, L Leary… - British journal of sports …, 2010 - bjsm.bmj.com
… Further, it is hypothesised that individuals who live in higher “walkableneighbourhoods (…
than those living in lower “walkableneighbourhoods. The generalisability of findings will be …

Validating walkability indices: How do different households respond to the walkability of their neighborhood?

K Manaugh, A El-Geneidy - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2011 - Elsevier
… The findings show that walkability indices are highly … Our findings highlight the fact that
a walkability index will not … well do existing walkability indices explain observed walking …

Development of a neighborhood walkability index for studying neighborhood physical activity contexts in communities across the US over the past three decades

AG Rundle, Y Chen, JW Quinn, N Rahai, K Bartley… - Journal of urban …, 2019 - Springer
… Here, we address the need for a neighborhood walkability measures that can be calculated
… data for a new measure of neighborhood walkability that utilizes data sources with national …

The global walkability index

HV Krambeck - 2006 - dspace.mit.edu
… have created woonerfs2, neighborhoods that are very walkable yet lack raised sidewalks.
Further, it makes little sense to penalize a city for not providing sidewalks in areas where …

Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults

N Owen, E Cerin, E Leslie, N Coffee, LD Frank… - American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
… A walkability index was calculated at the district level, … walkability index) based on the
relevant environmental attributes for each district. The methods for calculating the walkability index

Neighborhood walkability and cardiovascular risk in the United States

MHE Makhlouf, I Motairek, Z Chen, K Nasir… - Current problems in …, 2023 - Elsevier
… overall health was higher in neighborhoods with high walkability index and it was decreased
while we move to neighborhoods with lower walkability index. These findings were similar …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a neighbourhood walkability index for Porto metropolitan area. How strongly is walkability associated with walking for transport?

AI Ribeiro, E Hoffimann - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2018 - mdpi.com
… Taking into account these research gaps, we aimed to develop a neighborhood
walkability index for the Porto Metropolitan Area and to test if it is associated with walking for …

Neighborhood walkability in a city within a developing country

S Lotfi, MJ Koohsari - Journal of urban planning and development, 2011 - ascelibrary.org
… Also, this study demonstrated that applying such a walkability index, which is highly …
This lack of validated data causes some changes in applying such a walkability index that …

Effect of individual or neighborhood disadvantage on the association between neighborhood walkability and body mass index

GS Lovasi, KM Neckerman… - … journal of public …, 2009 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. We sought to test whether the association between walkable environments and
lower body mass index (BMI) was stronger within disadvantaged groups that may be …

Walkability: which measure to choose, where to measure it, and how?

G Lefebvre-Ropars, C Morency - Transportation research …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… measure walkability and most studies only measure walkability … series of four walkability
measures: the Pedestrian Index of the … Different definitions of the neighborhood are used in this …