Identifying appropriate land-use mix measures for use in a national walkability index
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Mavoa, Suzanne, Eagleson, Serryn, Badland, Hannah M., Gunn, Lucy, Boulangé, Claire, Stewart, Joshua and Giles-Corti, Billie. (2018). Identifying appropriate land-use mix measures for use in a national walkability index. Journal of Transport and Land Use. 11(1), pp. 681-700. https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2018.1132
Authors | Mavoa, Suzanne, Eagleson, Serryn, Badland, Hannah M., Gunn, Lucy, Boulangé, Claire, Stewart, Joshua and Giles-Corti, Billie |
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Abstract | Walkability indices can guide planning and policy for more sustainable and liveble cities. Land-use mix is an important component of walkability that can be measured in a number of ways. Many land-use mix measures require fine-scaled land-use data that are not always available, especially when analyzing walkability across larger geographic extents. This study investigated the feasibility of calculating a national walkability index in Australia, using metropolitan Melbourne as a case study. The study focused on the dual challenges of selecting an appropriate measure of land-use mix and identifying an appropriate land-use data source. We calculated an entropy land-use mix measure with three different Australian land-use datasets. Our comparison of the resulting land-use mix measures highlighted the differences in the land-use datasets and led to our conclusion that none of the three land-use datasets was appropriate for use in a national land-use mix measure. Therefore, we also developed two new exploratory “intensity” measures of land use — daily living and local living — that were able to be calculated nationally with readily available data. Modelled associations with transport walking and comparisons with the entropy land-use mix measures indicate that these new measures were appropriate for assessing national land use in a national walkability index. |
Year | 2018 |
Journal | Journal of Transport and Land Use |
Journal citation | 11 (1), pp. 681-700 |
Publisher | University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies |
ISSN | 1938-7849 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2018.1132 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85055471381 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 681-700 |
Funder | Australian Research Council (ARC) |
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) | |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 10 Oct 2018 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 06 Dec 2021 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | ARC/LP140100680 |
NHMRC/1121035 | |
NHMRC/1061404 | |
NHMRC/1107672 | |
NHMRC/9100001 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8x2v6/identifying-appropriate-land-use-mix-measures-for-use-in-a-national-walkability-index
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