Multimodal Transportation Performance Certificate (MTPC) for Buildings and Neighborhoods ? A Model for Benchmarking the Effect of the Built Environment on the Modal Split in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Multimodal Transportation ◽  
Modal Split

Validation of the Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) Items Using Geographic Information Systems

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (s1) ◽  
pp. S113-S123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Adams ◽  
Sherry Ryan ◽  
Jacqueline Kerr ◽  
James F. Sallis ◽  
Kevin Patrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Activity Level ◽  
Neighborhood Environment ◽  
Objective Measures

Background:Concurrent validity of Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale (NEWS) items was evaluated with objective measures of the built environment using geographic information systems (GIS).Methods:A sample of 878 parents of children 10 to 16 years old (mean age 43.5 years, SD = 6.8, 34.8% non-White, 63.8% overweight) completed NEWS and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. GIS was used to develop 1-mile street network buffers around participants’ residences. GIS measures of the built environment within participants’ buffers included percent of commercial and institutional land uses; number of schools and colleges, recreational facilities, parks, transit stops, and trees; land topography; and traffic congestion.Results:Except for trees and traffic, concordance between the NEWS and GIS measures were significant, with weak to moderate effect sizes (r = −0.09 to −0.36, all P ≤ 01). After participants were stratified by physical activity level, stronger concordance was observed among active participants for some measures. A sensitivity analysis of self-reported distance to 15 neighborhood destinations found a 20-minute (compared with 10- or 30-minute) walking threshold generally had the strongest correlations with GIS measures.Conclusions:These findings provide evidence of the concurrent validity of self-reported built environment items with objective measures. Physically active adults may be more knowledgeable about their neighborhood characteristics.

Soil Survey and Geographic Information Systems Technology

Soil Horizons ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
S. P. Theocharopoulos ◽  
D. A. Davidson ◽  
F. Tsouloucha ◽  
A. Trikatsoula
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Soil Survey
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