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Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Urban Health, September 2015
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Title
Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits
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Journal of Urban Health, September 2015
DOI 10.1007/s11524-015-9982-z
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Pedro Gullón, Hannah M. Badland, Silvia Alfayate, Usama Bilal, Francisco Escobar, Alba Cebrecos, Julia Diez, Manuel Franco

Abstract

Audit tools are useful for exploring the urban environment and its association with physical activity. Virtual auditing options are becoming increasingly available potentially reducing the resources needed to conduct these assessments. Only a few studies have explored the use of virtual audit tools. Our objective is to test if the Madrid Systematic Pedestrian and Cycling Environment Scan (M-SPACES) discriminates between areas with different urban forms and to validate virtual street auditing using M-SPACES. Three areas (N = 500 street segments) were selected for variation in population density. M-SPACES was used to audit street segments physically and virtually (Google Street View) by two researchers in 2013-2014. For both physical and virtual audits, all analyzed features score significantly different by area (p < 0.05). Most of the features showed substantial (ICC = 0.6-0.8) or almost perfect (ICC ≥ 0.8) agreement between virtual and physical audits, especially neighborhood permeability walking infrastructure, traffic safety, streetscape aesthetics, and destinations. Intra-rater agreement was generally acceptable (ICC > 0.6). Inter-rater agreement was generally poor (ICC < 0.4). Virtual auditing provides a valid and feasible way of measuring residential urban environments. Comprehensive auditor training may be needed to guarantee good inter-rater agreement.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 125 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 25 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 9%
Researcher 8 6%
Student > Bachelor 7 6%
Other 23 18%
Unknown 31 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 16 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 10%
Environmental Science 12 9%
Engineering 11 9%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Other 28 22%
Unknown 41 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2018.
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#3
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