Li Chuo, Chi Guangqing, Jackson Robert
Department of Landscape Architecture, Mississippi State University, United States.
Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Population Research Institute, and Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, United States.
Indoor Built Environ. 2018 Aug;27(7):938-952. doi: 10.1177/1420326X17695858. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
This study examines the perceived neighbourhood characteristics and environmental barriers in association with two different types of walking - recreational and destination - in the context of a rural town in Mississippi. A cross-sectional survey was used to assess residents' walking behaviours, perceived neighbourhood characteristics, and perceived environmental barriers to walking in three types of neighbourhoods: traditional, early conventional suburban and late conventional suburban. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and regression analyses identified environmental factors correlated with walking. A total of 362 surveys were completed and returned by random adult members of the households contacted, for a 38.5% response rate. Perceived aesthetics are significantly associated with more frequent recreational and destination walking in this rural town. Higher perceived accessibility are associated with more frequent destination walking, and greater perceived social environment barriers to walking are associated with sedentary behaviour in the rural population studied. Of all factors related to a neighbourhood's built environment, the most important factor in promoting walking in rural towns is aesthetics. The relationships among accessibility, social environment and walking underscore the importance of community planning in incorporating mixed land uses, providing a connected pedestrian infrastructure and facilitating targeted social interventions to encourage more walking.
本研究考察了在密西西比州一个乡村小镇的背景下，与两种不同类型的步行（休闲步行和目的导向型步行）相关的邻里感知特征和环境障碍。采用横断面调查来评估居民在三种类型邻里（传统型、早期传统郊区型和晚期传统郊区型）中的步行行为、邻里感知特征以及步行的感知环境障碍。描述性统计、单因素方差分析（ANOVA）和回归分析确定了与步行相关的环境因素。通过联系随机抽取的成年家庭成员，共完成并回收了362份调查问卷，回复率为38.5%。在这个乡村小镇，感知美学与更频繁的休闲步行和目的导向型步行显著相关。更高的感知可达性与更频繁的目的导向型步行相关，而在研究的农村人口中，更大的步行社会环境障碍与久坐行为相关。在与邻里建成环境相关的所有因素中，促进乡村小镇步行的最重要因素是美学。可达性、社会环境与步行之间的关系强调了社区规划在整合混合土地利用、提供连贯的行人基础设施以及促进有针对性的社会干预以鼓励更多步行方面的重要性。
