Walking is a physical activity that most of the people engaged in and it is the simplest way for the majority of people to go about their daily life. The promotion of walking is critical in both perspectives of health and urban mobility.

Extracting walking time and utilitarian walking time

evaluating neighborhood environment                                      Age & Gender difference in UWT

Results

Average total walking time        Average utilitarian walking time          Utilitarian walkability map

Residents in the low walkable area had an average UWT of 30.56 min/day. The average UWT kept increasing until the peak (35.53 min/day) with the utilitarian walkability reached the value between 4 and 5.

Discussion and Conclusion

Residents in urban areas with a good accessibility to the city center had the highest potential for utilitarian walking behavior, followed by the residents in the urban core and rural areas. The effects of personal attributes is critical in studying personal walking behavior.

Hao HOU
Institute of Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University
*Contact Email Address: houhao@hznu.edu.cn