The Impact of the Community Built Environment on the Walking Times of Residents in a Community in the Downtown Area of Fuzhou

Lizhen Zhao, Zhenjiang Shen, Yanji Zhang and Yan Ma
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Lizhen Zhao: School of Geoscience and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Zhenjiang Shen: School of Geoscience and Civil Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Yanji Zhang: School of Architecture, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China
Yan Ma: School of Architecture, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: By means of on-site and network investigation, we collected data relevant to residents of communities, point of interest (POI) data, and land-use data of Fuzhou. We set traffic walking time and leisure walking time as an independent variable, built environment as dependent variable, and gender, age, education level and income level as control variables. Six linear regression models were established using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS). The results showed that in the 5D (i.e., Density, Diversity, Design, Destination and Distance) elements of the built environment, the density was negatively correlated with the traffic walking time, whereas other elements were positively correlated with the walking time, but the degree of influence was different.

Keywords: walking time; density; diversity; design; destination; distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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