Mariela Alfonzo1, Zhan Guo2, Lin Lin3, Kristen Day4. 1. Department of Technology, Culture and Society, Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York University, LC 130, 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. Electronic address: malfonzo@nyu.edu. 2. Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, Rm 3010, 295 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. Electronic address: zg11@nyu.edu. 3. College of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Room 219, Life Science Building, 500 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China. Electronic address: llin@re.ecnu.edu.cn. 4. Department of Technology, Culture and Society, Polytechnic School of Engineering, New York University, LC 130C, 6 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA. Electronic address: kday@nyu.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We examined the connections (1) between the design of the built environment and walking, (2) between the design of the built environment and obesity, and (3) between walking and obesity and income in urban settings in China. METHODS: Six neighborhoods with different built environment characteristics, located in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Hangzhou, were studied. Data on walking and other physical activity and obesity levels from 1070 residents were collected through a street intercept survey conducted in 2013. Built environment features of 527 street segments were documented using the Irvine-Minnesota Inventory-China (IMI-C) environmental audit. Data were analyzed using the State of Place™ Index. RESULTS: Walking rates, household income and Body Mass Index (BMI) were related; neighborhoods with a higher State of Place™ Index were associated with higher rates of walking. CONCLUSION: This study began to establish an evidence base for the association of built environment features with walking in the context of Chinese urban design. Findings confirmed that the associations between "walkable" built environment features and walking established in existing research in other countries, also held true in the case of Chinese neighborhoods.
OBJECTIVE: We examined the connections (1) between the design of the built environment and walking, (2) between the design of the built environment and obesity, and (3) between walking and obesity and income in urban settings in China. METHODS: Six neighborhoods with different built environment characteristics, located in the Chinese cities of Shanghai and Hangzhou, were studied. Data on walking and other physical activity and obesity levels from 1070 residents were collected through a street intercept survey conducted in 2013. Built environment features of 527 street segments were documented using the Irvine-Minnesota Inventory-China (IMI-C) environmental audit. Data were analyzed using the State of Place™ Index. RESULTS: Walking rates, household income and Body Mass Index (BMI) were related; neighborhoods with a higher State of Place™ Index were associated with higher rates of walking. CONCLUSION: This study began to establish an evidence base for the association of built environment features with walking in the context of Chinese urban design. Findings confirmed that the associations between "walkable" built environment features and walking established in existing research in other countries, also held true in the case of Chinese neighborhoods.
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