@article{ref1,
title="From walking buffers to active places: an activity-based approach to measure human-scale urban form",
journal="Landscape and urban planning",
year="2019",
author="Xu, JieLan",
volume="191",
number="",
pages="e103452-e103452",
abstract="Urban form measures have been increasingly used in multidisciplinary research, yet few studies have conceptualized different meanings of human-scale urban form for various population groups. This study proposes an activity-based approach that builds direct links between urban form measures and travel-activity patterns of various population groups. With a case study on older adults' walking activity in Toronto, this study maps potential activity spaces for each population group, and measures the potential of social interaction at a land-parcel level. Based on a population-representative survey data and an open source routing algorithm, this study provides an exploratory method to conceptualize and measure human-scale urban form for different population groups. Further, this method helps to understand the non-linear relationships between conventional urban form measures and travel-activity patterns, and to inform planning interventions on urban form features that are particularly important for a specific population group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0169-2046",
doi="10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.10.008",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.10.008"
}