Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master of Urban Design, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.
2 Assistant professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.
Abstract
Recent transitions in urban life, such as increasing growth of private cars, environmental impacts, diminution of the environment role as a place for citizens' participation and activity, physical inactivity and its consequences, has raised international concern about citizen's health. The purpose of this research is objective and subjective evaluation of effective qualities of urban design on individual physical activity and the relationship between these two sets of qualities in four different neighborhoods of Sanandaj, which have different morphological characteristics. Recent researches show that built environment design plays an important role in facilitating or limiting physical activity. Subjective data on self-reported information about health, daily physical activity and people’s perceptions of their neighborhood environment were collected among 421 of the resident’s using a questionnaire. In the objective method, information was gathered
through the GIS (Geographic Information System). SPSS software version 25 was used to analyze and explain the relationship between objective and perceived environment with physical activity. Relations between variables were determined by linear regression. In the next step, the Walkability Index and Smartraq were calculated using objective data. Finally, the relationship between variables was determined by utilizing factor analysis in AMOS software. Through various statistical methods, this study found that objective qualities did not have a significant relationship with physical activity of residents, but these qualities affect subjective qualities as a mediator variable that directly influences physical activity.
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