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Snow and Rain Modify Neighbourhood Walkability for Older Adults
Canadian journal on aging, v 36(2), pp 159-169
Jun 2017
PMID: 28390449
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Abstract
La littérature a documenté une relation positive entre la mobilité à l’extérieur chez les personnes âgées et les environnements bâtisables et marchables. Cependant, étonnamment, toute considération de la façon dont le temps modifie l’accessibilité piétonnière à travers les quartiers est absente. À Vancouver, au Canada, on a utilisé des données météorologiques archivées liées à des données recueillies auprès d’un échantillon d’aînés. On a constaté que, lorsqu’il neige, les quartiers où l’on dépend d’automobiles (comportant des blocs plus longs, moins d’intersections et une plus grande distance aux commodités) sont devenus inaccessibles. Même les adultes plus âgés qui vivaient dans les quartiers qui étaient très bien adaptés au traffic pietonnier marchait à 25 pour cent moins de destinations pendant la neige. Il est essentiel de tenir compte de l’impact des conditions météorologiques dans la relation entre la marchabilité des quartiers et la mobilité des personnes âgées. The literature has documented a positive relationship between walkable built environments and outdoor mobility in older adults. Yet, surprisingly absent is any consideration of how weather conditions modify the impact of neighbourhood walkability. Using archived weather data linked to survey data collected from a sample of older adults in Vancouver, Canada, we found that car-dependent neighbourhoods (featuring longer block lengths, fewer intersections, and greater distance to amenities) became inaccessible in snow. Even older adults who lived in very walkable neighbourhoods walked to 25 per cent fewer destinations in snow. It is crucial to consider the impact of weather in the relationship between neighbourhood walkability and older adult mobility.
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- Title
- Snow and Rain Modify Neighbourhood Walkability for Older Adults
- Creators
- Philippa Clarke - Institute for Social ResearchJana A. Hirsch - University of North Carolina at Chapel HillRobert Melendez - Institute for Social ResearchMeghan Winters - Simon Fraser UniversityJoanie Sims Gould - Centre for Hip Health and Mobility and Department of Family Practice, University of British ColumbiaMaureen Ashe - University of British ColumbiaSarah Furst - University of British ColumbiaHeather McKay - University of British Columbia
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal on aging, v 36(2), pp 159-169
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000401275600003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85017447257
- Other Identifier
- 991019205524504721
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- Gerontology