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Associations of street layout with walking and sedentary behaviors in an urban and a rural area of japan
Koohsari, Javad Sugiyama, Takemi Shibata, Ai Ishii, Kaori Liao, Yung Hanibuchi, Tomoya Owen, Neville Oka, Koichiro
Koohsari, Javad
Sugiyama, Takemi
Shibata, Ai
Ishii, Kaori
Liao, Yung
Hanibuchi, Tomoya
Owen, Neville
Oka, Koichiro
Abstract
We examined whether street layout —a key urban design element— is associated with walking and sedentary behaviors in the context of a non-Western country; and, whether such associations differ between an urban and a rural area. In 2011, 1076 middle-to-older aged adults living in an urban and a rural area of Japan reported their walking and sedentary (sitting) behaviors. Two objective measures of street layout (intersection density and street integration) were calculated. Participants exposed to more-connected street layouts were more likely to walk for commuting and for errands, to meet physical activity recommendations through walking for commuting, and less likely to drive. These relationships differed between the urbanand the rural area. This shows that previous findings from Western countries on associations of street connectivity with travel behaviors may also be applicable to Japan
Keywords
urban design, connectivity, active travel, Asia, neighborhood
Date
2017
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Journal article
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Health and Place
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45
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Page Range
64-69
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