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      Relações entre as estimativas do Índice do Ambiente Construído Caminhável - ACC e do Walk Score® em cidades brasileiras: o caso de Niterói, RJ Translated title: Relationship between the estimates of the Walkable Built Environment Index - ACC and Walk Score® index in Brazilian cities: case of Niterói, RJ

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          Resumo Políticas de incentivo à caminhada têm sido utilizadas para aumentar a vitalidade e a segurança urbana, alcançadas através de intervenções no ambiente construído, melhorando a acessibilidade. Tais condições podem aumentar o potencial de uso do transporte não motorizado e do público, refletindo na qualidade de vida. Aqui se busca avaliar a influência do ambiente construído sobre as viagens por modalidades sustentáveis através da aplicação de dois índices de caminhabilidade, o Índice ACC e o Walk Score®, na cidade de Niterói, Brasil. Constata-se que Índice ACC apresentou um melhor desempenho, sinalizando que determinadas especificidades locais não foram compreendidas pelo índice Walk Score®.

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          Abstract Policies to encourage walkability have been used to increase the urban vitality, achieved through interventions in the urban environment, These conditions can increase the potential sustainable modalities trips, directly reflecting over the quality of life. In order to observe such influence, this article intends to apply two walkability indexes, the ACC Index and the Walk Score, in the city of Niterói, Brazil, and to verify if the estimates of these two indexes are adherent to local standards of mobility. As a result, the ACC Index performed better, signaling that certain local specificities were not understood by the Walk Score®.

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          Influences of Built Environments on Walking and Cycling: Lessons from Bogotá

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            Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for Youth (NEWS-Y): reliability and relationship with physical activity.

            To examine the psychometric properties of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale-Youth (NEWS-Y) and explore its associations with context-specific and overall physical activity (PA) among youth. In 2005, parents of children ages 5-11 (n=116), parents of adolescents ages 12-18 (n=171), and adolescents ages 12-18 (n=171) from Boston, Cincinnati, and San Diego, completed NEWS-Y surveys regarding perceived land use mix-diversity, recreation facility availability, pedestrian/automobile traffic safety, crime safety, aesthetics, walking/cycling facilities, street connectivity, land use mix-access, and residential density. A standardized neighborhood environment score was derived. Self-reported activity in the street and in parks, and walking to parks, shops, school, and overall physical activity were assessed. The NEWS-Y subscales had acceptable test-retest reliability (ICC range .56-.87). Being active in a park, walking to a park, walking to shops, and walking to school were related to multiple environmental attributes in all three participant groups. Total neighborhood environment, recreation facilities, walking and cycling facilities, and land use mix-access had the most consistent relationships with specific types of activity. The NEWS-Y has acceptable reliability and subscales were significantly correlated with specific types of youth PA. The NEWS-Y can be used to examine neighborhood environment correlates of youth PA.
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              Identifying and Measuring Urban Design Qualities Related to Walkability

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                Journal
                urbe
                urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana
                urbe, Rev. Bras. Gest. Urbana
                Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (Curitiba, PR, Brazil )
                2175-3369
                2021
                : 13
                : e20200302
                Affiliations
                [1] Niterói Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade Federal Fluminense orgdiv1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo Brazil
                [2] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro orgnameUniversidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro orgdiv1Programa de Engenharia de Transportes Brazil
                Article
                S2175-33692021000100256 S2175-3369(21)01300000256
                10.1590/2175-3369.013.e20200302
                3ccf95b3-79e9-40a1-a419-e4313f80a918

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 16 August 2020
                : 20 December 2020
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                Walkability index,Built environment,Niterói,Mobilidade sustentável,Sustainable mobility,Ambiente construído,Índice de caminhabilidade

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