Understanding complex interactions between neighborhood environment and personal perception in affecting walking behavior of older adults: A random forest …

D Zhu, D Song, B Zhu, J Zhao, Y Li, C Zhang, D Zhu… - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
The population aging is a growing problem worldwide. Walking is one of the most important
ways of self-management of health for older adults, determined by many factors, such as …

Non-linear and synergistic effects of built environment factors on older adults' walking behavior: An analysis integrating LightGBM and SHAP

L Yang, H Yang, J Cui, Y Zhao… - Transactions in Urban …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Examining the relationship between the built environment and older adults' walking
behavior is of critical importance for the development of aging-friendly cities and …

Predicting the elderly's quality of life based on dynamic neighborhood environment under diverse scenarios: An integrated approach of ANN, scenario analysis and …

F Zhang, APC Chan, A Darko, D Li - Habitat International, 2021 - Elsevier
There is an increasing global population of older adults in recent years, and the trend will be
more acute in the following decades. Owing to low mobility and physical impairment, the …

[PDF][PDF] Machine-learning-assisted Investigation into the Relationship between the Built Environment, Behavior, and Physical Health of the Elderly in China

WX Ping, LIZ Yan, Z Meng, LH Yong… - Biomedical and …, 2023 - besjournal.com
Due to an increasing life expectancy and decreasing fertility rate, China officially entered a
stage of increased ageing in 2011 [1]. According to China's seventh national census, 2019 …

Exploration and Prediction of the Elderly Travel Behavior Based on a Novel GR-GA-BP Hybrid Model

Z Li, Z Wang, Y Wen, L Zhao - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the aging trend in megacities, the travel behaviors of the elderly have attracted much
attention. Accurate prediction of the travel behaviors of the elderly is a key link to meet the …

Exploring non-linear effects of walking accessibility on well-being in rural older adults of Jintang County: a random forest analysis

H Li, M Li, P Peng, Y Long, Y Ao… - Frontiers in Public …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objective The global concern surrounding the aging population has brought the well-being
of older individuals to the forefront of societal attention. Unfortunately, studies focusing on …

A study on street walkability for older adults with different mobility abilities combining street view image recognition and deep learning-The case of Chengxianjie …

Y Chen, X Huang, M White - Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
China is on the brink of transitioning into an aged society, resulting in a growing demand for
an age-friendly street-built environment. However, previous research has paid limited …

The linkage between the perception of neighbourhood and physical activity in Guangzhou, China: using street view imagery with deep learning techniques

R Wang, Y Liu, Y Lu, Y Yuan, J Zhang, P Liu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Neighbourhood environment characteristics have been found to be associated
with residents' willingness to conduct physical activity (PA). Traditional methods to assess …

Application of machine learning with a surrogate model to explore seniors' daily activity patterns

Y Deng - Transportation letters, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Investigating seniors' daily activity patterns (DAPs) is essential to understand their activity-
travel needs. Although some studies have applied machine learning (ML) to derive DAPs …

The built environment's nonlinear effects on the elderly's propensity to walk

P Zang, H Qiu, H Zhang, K Chen, F Xian… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The increased ageing of the population is a vital and upcoming challenge for China.
Walking is one of the easiest and most common forms of exercise for older people, and …