@article{ref1,
title="Motivations and built environment factors associated with campus walkability in the tropical settings",
journal="Science of the total environment",
year="2020",
author="Ramakreshnan, Logaraj and Fong, Chng Saun and Sulaiman, Nik Meriam and Aghamohammadi, Nasrin",
volume="749",
number="",
pages="e141457-e141457",
abstract="Recognizing and mainstreaming pertinent walkability elements into the university campus planning is crucial to materialise green mandates of the campus, while  enhancing social and economic sustainability. In one of such attempts, this  transverse study investigated the walking motivations, built environment factors  associated with campus walkability and the relative importance of the studied built  environment factors in reference to the sociodemographic attributes from the  viewpoint of the campus community in a tropical university campus in Kuala Lumpur,  Malaysia. An online survey using a structured questionnaire was conducted between  May and September 2019. The built environment factors associated with campus  walkability were expressed and ranked as adjusted scores (AS). Meanwhile,  multivariable logistic regression was deployed to examine the relative importance of  the studied built environment factors in reference to the sociodemographic  attributes of the campus community. Among 504 total responses acquired, proximity  between complementary land uses (90.7%) was reported as the main motivation for  walking. On the other hand, street connectivity and accessibility (AS: 97.62%) was  described as the most opted built environment factor, followed by land use (AS:  96.76%), pedestrian infrastructure (AS: 94.25%), walking experience (AS: 87.07%),  traffic safety (AS: 85.28%) and campus neighbourhood (AS: 59.62%), respectively. Among the sociodemographic attributes, no regular monthly income (OR = 3.162; 95%  CI = 1.165-8.379; p < 0.05) and willingness to walk more than 60 min inside the  campus per day (OR = 0.418; 95% CI = 0.243-0.720; p < 0.05) were significantly  associated with the expression of higher importance towards the reported built  environment factors in the multivariate analysis. In brief, the findings of this  study were envisaged to elicit valuable empirical evidence for informed  interventions and strengthening campus sustainable mobility policies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0048-9697",
doi="10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141457",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141457"
}