Built-environment variables influencing aggregate walking : a multivariate analysis of Halifax neighbourhoods

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dc.contributor.advisor Millward, Hugh A.
dc.coverage.spatial Nova Scotia
dc.creator Neatt, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned 2016-05-02T14:44:20Z
dc.date.available 2016-05-02T14:44:20Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.other HT169 C22 H353 2016
dc.identifier.uri http://library2.smu.ca/handle/01/26478
dc.description vii, 94 leaves : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
dc.description Includes abstract and appendix.
dc.description Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-91).
dc.description.abstract This study examines neighbourhood characteristics affecting the incidence of walking trips in urban and suburban areas of Halifax, Canada, using data from the Space-Time Activity Research (STAR) survey, which was conducted in 2007-2008. Primary respondents completed a two-day time-diary survey, and their movements were tracked using a GPS data logger. Based on mapped walking tracks, hypotheses were developed regarding variations in walking density. To test these, walking distances were aggregated by census tracts, and expressed as walking densities (per resident, per metre of road, and per developed area). Multivariate regression was used to examine which neighbourhood variables are most useful as estimators of walking densities. Contrary to much of the planning literature, built-environment measures of road connectivity and dwelling density were found to have little estimating power. Office and institutional land uses are more useful estimators, as are the income and age characteristics of the resident population. en_CA
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dc.language.iso en en_CA
dc.publisher Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University
dc.subject.lcc HT169.C22
dc.subject.lcsh Walking -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax Regional Municipality
dc.subject.lcsh Neighborhoods -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax Regional Municipality.
dc.subject.lcsh Neighborhood planning -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax Regional Municipality.
dc.subject.lcsh Spatial behavior -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax Regional Municipality
dc.title Built-environment variables influencing aggregate walking : a multivariate analysis of Halifax neighbourhoods en_CA
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thesis.degree.name Master of Arts in Geography
thesis.degree.level Masters
thesis.degree.discipline Geography
thesis.degree.grantor Saint Mary's University (Halifax, N.S.)
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