TY - JOUR
T1 - Do Better Urban Design Qualities Lead to More Walking in Salt Lake City, Utah?
AU - Ameli, S. Hassan
AU - Hamidi, Shima
AU - Garfinkel-Castro, Andrea
AU - Ewing, Reid
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2015/5/27
Y1 - 2015/5/27
N2 - Urban designers recognize the importance of perceptual qualities to an active street life but have had little empirical evidence to support the claim. Recent research has developed measurement protocols for urban design qualities related to walkability. A subsequent study conducted in New York City confirmed the explanatory powers of the measures. However, New York City is exceptionally walkable. This study seeks to validate urban design qualities in terms of walkability in Salt Lake City, Utah. This research validates specific micro-urban design measures of walkability while controlling for spatial autocorrelation, finding that imageability, in addition to transparency, adds significantly to walkability.
AB - Urban designers recognize the importance of perceptual qualities to an active street life but have had little empirical evidence to support the claim. Recent research has developed measurement protocols for urban design qualities related to walkability. A subsequent study conducted in New York City confirmed the explanatory powers of the measures. However, New York City is exceptionally walkable. This study seeks to validate urban design qualities in terms of walkability in Salt Lake City, Utah. This research validates specific micro-urban design measures of walkability while controlling for spatial autocorrelation, finding that imageability, in addition to transparency, adds significantly to walkability.
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U2 - 10.1080/13574809.2015.1041894
DO - 10.1080/13574809.2015.1041894
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930583422
SN - 1357-4809
VL - 20
SP - 393
EP - 410
JO - Journal of Urban Design
JF - Journal of Urban Design
IS - 3
ER -