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Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults
Evidence suggests that built environment characteristics affect older adults’ travel activity behaviors, e.g., walking and cycling, which have well-established health benefits. However, the relationship between urban greenery and walking behaviors remains unclear, partly due to methodological limita...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32846869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176130 |
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author | Zang, Peng Liu, Xuhong Zhao, Yabo Guo, Hongxu Lu, Yi Xue, Charlie Q. L. |
author_facet | Zang, Peng Liu, Xuhong Zhao, Yabo Guo, Hongxu Lu, Yi Xue, Charlie Q. L. |
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description | Evidence suggests that built environment characteristics affect older adults’ travel activity behaviors, e.g., walking and cycling, which have well-established health benefits. However, the relationship between urban greenery and walking behaviors remains unclear, partly due to methodological limitation. Previous studies often measured urban greenery from a bird’s eye perspective, which may mismatch with the pedestrian’s perception from the street. In this study, we measured greenery view index from eye-level streetscape photos retrieved from Baidu Street View, an online mapping service provider. Walking behaviors of 180 older adults in six neighborhoods were collected from questionnaires. We also measured land use diversity, pedestrian-oriented design (street connectivity), and population density—the three Ds of the built environment. Results show that street greenery view index contributes to walking time of older adults, suggesting street greenery should be taken into design consideration to promote walking behaviors of older adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-75039752020-09-27 Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults Zang, Peng Liu, Xuhong Zhao, Yabo Guo, Hongxu Lu, Yi Xue, Charlie Q. L. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Evidence suggests that built environment characteristics affect older adults’ travel activity behaviors, e.g., walking and cycling, which have well-established health benefits. However, the relationship between urban greenery and walking behaviors remains unclear, partly due to methodological limitation. Previous studies often measured urban greenery from a bird’s eye perspective, which may mismatch with the pedestrian’s perception from the street. In this study, we measured greenery view index from eye-level streetscape photos retrieved from Baidu Street View, an online mapping service provider. Walking behaviors of 180 older adults in six neighborhoods were collected from questionnaires. We also measured land use diversity, pedestrian-oriented design (street connectivity), and population density—the three Ds of the built environment. Results show that street greenery view index contributes to walking time of older adults, suggesting street greenery should be taken into design consideration to promote walking behaviors of older adults. MDPI 2020-08-24 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7503975/ /pubmed/32846869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176130 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Zang, Peng Liu, Xuhong Zhao, Yabo Guo, Hongxu Lu, Yi Xue, Charlie Q. L. Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title | Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title_full | Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title_fullStr | Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title_short | Eye-Level Street Greenery and Walking Behaviors of Older Adults |
title_sort | eye-level street greenery and walking behaviors of older adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7503975/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32846869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176130 |
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