Evaluation of the Implementation of a State Government Community Design Policy Aimed at Increasing Local Walking: Design Issues and Baseline Results From RESIDE, Perth Western Australia

The aim of this research was to describe the design and baseline results of an evaluation of the Western Australian government's pedestrian-friendly subdivision design code (Liveable Neighborhood (LN) Guidelines). Baseline results (2003–2005) from a longitudinal study of people (n = 1813) moving into new housing developments: 18 Liveable, 11 Hybrid, and 45 Conventional (i.e., LDs, HDs and CDs, respectively) are presented including usual recreational and transport-related walking undertaken within and outside the neighborhood, and 7-day pedometer steps. At baseline, more participants walked for recreation and transport within the neighborhood (52.6%; 36.1%, respectively) than outside the neighborhood (17.7%; 13.2%, respectively). Notably, only 20% of average total duration of walking (128.4 min/week (SD159.8)) was transport related and within the neighborhood. There were few differences between the groups' demographic, psychosocial, and perceived neighborhood environmental characteristics, pedometer steps, or the type, amount, and location of self-reported walking (p > 0.05). However, when asked what factors influenced their choice of housing development, more participants moving into LDs reported aspects of their new neighborhood's walkability as important (p < 0.05). Baseline results underscore the desirability of incorporating behavior and context-specific measures and value of longitudinal designs to enable changes in behavior, attitudes, and urban form to be monitored, while adjusting for baseline residential location preferences.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Giles-Corti, Billie
  • Knuiman, Mathew
  • Timperio, Anna
  • Van Niel, Kimberly P
  • Pikora, T J
  • Bull, Fiona C L
  • Shilton, Trevor
  • Bulsara, Max
• Publication Date: 2008-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 46-54
• Serial:
  • Preventive Medicine
  • Volume: 46
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0091-7435
  • EISSN: 1096-0260
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00917435/55/1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Mobility; Pedestrians; Residential areas; Travel behavior; Walking; Walkways
• Geographic Terms: Western Australia
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01124367
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 2009 7:39AM