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Built environment impacts on walking for transport in Brisbane,Australia |
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| Authors: | Md Kamruzzaman Simon Washington Douglas Baker Wendy Brown Billie Giles-Corti Gavin Turrell |
| Institution: | 1. School of Civil Engineering and the Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia 2. School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, Blair Drive, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia 3. McCaughey VicHealth Centre for Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia 4. School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, QLD, 4059, Australia |
| Abstract: | This study examines the association between urban form and walking for transport in Brisbane, Australia based on both panel and cross-sectional data. Cross-sectional data are used to determine whether urban form was associated with walking for transport in 2011. Panel data are used to evaluate whether changes in the built environment altered walking behaviour between 2009 and 2011. Results from the cross-sectional data suggest that individuals are significantly more likely to be walkers if they live in an area with a well-connected street network and an accessible train station. The longitudinal analysis confirms these relationships; there also was however, a significant impact of travel attitudes and perceptions on walking behaviour. The findings suggest that the built environment continues to be an important factor to encourage walking; however, interventions are also required to change social norms in order to increase the receptiveness for and participation in walking. |
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