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Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits
Journal of urban health, v 92(5), pp 923-939
01 Oct 2015
PMID: 26349472
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Abstract
Audit tools are useful for exploring the urban environment and its association with physical activity. Virtual auditing options are becoming increasingly available potentially reducing the resources needed to conduct these assessments. Only a few studies have explored the use of virtual audit tools. Our objective is to test if the Madrid Systematic Pedestrian and Cycling Environment Scan (M-SPACES) discriminates between areas with different urban forms and to validate virtual street auditing using M-SPACES. Three areas (N= 500 street segments) were selected for variation in population density. M-SPACES was used to audit street segments physically and virtually (Google Street View) by two researchers in 2013-2014. For both physical and virtual audits, all analyzed features score significantly different by area (p<0.05). Most of the features showed substantial (ICC=0.6-0.8) or almost perfect (ICC >= 0.8) agreement between virtual and physical audits, especially neighborhood permeability walking infrastructure, traffic safety, streetscape aesthetics, and destinations. Intra-rater agreement was generally acceptable (ICC>0.6). Inter-rater agreement was generally poor (ICC<0.4). Virtual auditing provides a valid and feasible way of measuring residential urban environments. Comprehensive auditor training may be needed to guarantee good inter-rater agreement.
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- Title
- Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits
- Creators
- Pedro Gullon - Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIHannah M. Badland - University of MelbourneSilvia Alfayate - University of AlcaláUsama Bilal - BloombergFrancisco Escobar - University of AlcaláAlba Cebrecos - University of AlcaláJulia Diez - University of AlcaláManuel Franco - Bloomberg
- Publication Details
- Journal of urban health, v 92(5), pp 923-939
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- Enrique Najera grant for Young Epidemiologists NSW Health HCF Research Foundation 1061404 / NHMRC Centre for Excellence in Healthy Liveable Communities; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia Sociedad Espanola de Epidemiologia Escuela Nacional de Sanidad Australian National Preventive Health Agency (ANPHA) Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia (HCF) Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (TAPPC) ACT Health La Caixa Fellowship; La Caixa Foundation NHMRC; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia 336893 / European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme; European Research Council (ERC)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000363252400009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84944516377
- Other Identifier
- 991019189038904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health