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A participatory assessment of perceived neighbourhood walkability in a small urban environment
Saadi, Ismaïl; Aganze, Roger; Moeinaddini, Mehdi et al.
2022In Sustainability, 14 (1), p. 1-16
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Keywords :
perceived neighbourhood walkability (PNW); deep neural network; survey design; Brussels; sense perception
Abstract :
[en] Walkability has become a research topic of great concern for preserving public health, especially in the era of the COVID-19 outbreak. Today more than ever, urban and transport policies, constrained by social distancing measures and travel restrictions, must be conceptualized and implemented with a particular emphasis on sustainable walkability. Most of the walkability models apply observation and subjective methods to measure walkability, whereas few studies address walkability based on sense perception. To fill this gap, we aim at investigating the perceived neighbourhood walkability (PNW) based on sense perception in a neighbourhood of Brussels. We designed a survey that integrates 22 items grouped into 5 dimensions (cleanness, visual aesthetics, landscape and nature, feeling of pressure, feeling of safety), as well as the socio-demographic attributes of the participants. Using various statistical methods, we show that socio-demographics have almost no effects on perceived neighbourhood walkability. Nonetheless, we found significant differences between groups of different educational backgrounds. Furthermore, using a binomial regression model, we found strong associations between PNW and at least one item from each grouping dimension. Finally, we show that based on a deep neural network for classification, the items have good predictive capabilities (78% of classification accuracy). These findings can help integrate sense perception into objective measurement methods of walkable environments. Additionally, policy recommendations should be targeted based on differences of perception across socio-demographic groups.
Research center :
UEE - Urban and Environmental Engineering - ULiège
Disciplines :
Engineering, computing & technology: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Saadi, Ismaïl ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité
Aganze, Roger
Moeinaddini, Mehdi
Asadi-Shekari, Zohreh
Cools, Mario  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité
Language :
English
Title :
A participatory assessment of perceived neighbourhood walkability in a small urban environment
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Sustainability
eISSN :
2071-1050
Publisher :
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), Basel, Switzerland
Volume :
14
Issue :
1
Pages :
1-16
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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