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Walking behavior has been extensively studied from various perspectives. In this paper, we review the influence of built environment on walking behavior and argue that a longitudinal design with the change of built environment can identify the real influences. We then present a location-based walking accessibility measure for the impact evaluation and describe its methodology with an illustration in a hilly topography community that is experiencing a built environment changes.
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Sun, G., Lin, H., Li, R. (2012). Measuring the Influence of Built Environment on Walking Behavior: An Accessibility Approach. In: Xiao, N., Kwan, MP., Goodchild, M.F., Shekhar, S. (eds) Geographic Information Science. GIScience 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7478. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33024-7_14
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