The built environment can facilitate walking by making it the automatic or preferred choice for citizens. However, most people do not reap these health benefits. While available evidence suggests that higher street connectivity and availability of destinations is likely to support walking behavior, the lack of hard data and comparisons between previous studies complicates matters.
by testing the hypothesis that the availability of destinations influenced the type of walking behavior, leisure or transportation, for a given street layout. Space syntax is a science-based and people-centric technique incorporating theories linking space and society. It facilitates the objective testing of how destinations on connected streets influence walking behavior," explains Dr. Koohsari.
"Our analyses revealed that street integration influenced walking undertaken as a means of transport. Importantly, it was the availability of destinations that strengthened this relationship. As far as leisure walking was concerned, there was no significant relationship between the distance covered and the degree of street integration," says Dr. Koohsari.
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