Street connectivity and walking for transport: Role of neighborhood destinations

MJ Koohsari; T Sugiyama; KE Lamb; K Villanueva; N Owen

Journal article

Street connectivity and walking for transport: Role of neighborhood destinations

MJ Koohsari, T Sugiyama, KE Lamb, K Villanueva, N Owen

Preventive Medicine | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.019

Abstract

Objective: Built environment attributes may be important determinants of physical activity. Greater street connectivity has been shown in several studies to be associated with adults' walking for transport (WFT). We examined the extent to which this association can be explained by the availability of utilitarian destinations. Methods: Adults (n=2544) participating in the Physical Activity in Localities and Community Environments (PLACE) study in Adelaide, Australia during 2003-2004, reported their WFT and perceived distances to 16 utilitarian destinations. Connectivity was calculated as the ratio of the number of intersections to Census Collection District land area. Marginal models via gene..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Koohsari is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant [#569940]. Lamb is supported under an NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Grant [#1035261], to the Victorian Centre for Biostatistics (ViCBiostat). Owen is supported by an NHMRC Program Grant [#569940] and a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship [#1003960]. Koohsari, Lamb and Owen are also supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The PLACE study was supported by a NHMRC Project Grant [#213114] and by a Program Grant [#301200].