@article{ref1,
title="Perceptions of the neighborhood built environment for walking behavior in older adults living in close proximity",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2020",
author="Herbolsheimer, Florian and Mahmood, Atiya and Ungar, Nadine and Michael, Yvonne L. and Oswald, Frank and Chaudhury, Habib",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Past research documents a discordance between perceived and objectively assessed  neighborhood environmental features on walking behavior. Therefore, we examined  differences in the perception of the same neighborhood built environment. Participants were grouped if they lived 400 m or closer to each other. The  perception of the pedestrian infrastructure, neighborhood aesthetics, safety from  crime, and safety from traffic was derived from a telephone survey from two North  American metropolitan areas; 173 individuals were clustered into 42 groups. Older  adults who walked for transport in their neighborhood experienced the same  neighborhood as more walkable (β =.19; p =.011) with better pedestrian  infrastructure (β =.16; p =.037). Older adults with physical limitations  experienced the same neighborhood as less safe from crime (β = -.17; p =.030) and  traffic (β = -.20; p =.009). The study supports the notion that individual behavior  and physical restrictions alter the environment's perception and explains part of  the discordance between objective and subjective assessment of the neighborhood  environment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/0733464820979258",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464820979258"
}