Identifying and Measuring Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability

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dc.contributor.authorClemente, Otto
dc.contributor.authorEwing, Reid
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T16:38:57Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T16:38:57Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractIn active living research, measures used to characterize the built environment have been mostly gross qualities such as neighborhood density and park access. This project has developed operational definitions and measurement protocols for subtler urban design qualities believed to be related to walkability. METHODS: Methods included: 1) recruiting an expert panel; 2) shooting video clips of streetscapes; 3) rating urban design qualities of streetscapes by the expert panel; 4) measuring physical features of streetscapes from the video clips; 5) testing inter-rater reliability of physical measurements and urban design quality ratings; 6) statistically analyzing relationships between physical features and urban design quality ratings, 7) selecting of qualities for operationalization, and 8) developing of operational definitions and measurement protocols for urban design qualities based on statistical relationships. RESULTS: Operational definitions and measurement protocols were developed for five of nine urban design qualities: imageability, visual enclosure, human scale, transparency, and complexity. CONCLUSIONS: A field survey instrument has been developed, tested in the field, and further refined for use in active living research.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2JD4PT3R
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21519
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectLand Useen_US
dc.subjectPublic Healthen_US
dc.subjecturban designen_US
dc.subjectwalkabilityen_US
dc.subjectpedestrian oriented developmenten_US
dc.subjectstreetscapesen_US
dc.titleIdentifying and Measuring Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkabilityen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US

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