Environmental features influence walking speed: the effect of urban greenery

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F21%3A50017999" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/21:50017999 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/5/459" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/5/459</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10050459" target="_blank" >10.3390/land10050459</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Environmental features influence walking speed: the effect of urban greenery

Original language description

The study investigated the rarely addressed topic of how visual environmental features can influence walking speed. Young adult participants were asked to walk on a route that leads through areas composed of urban parks and areas with a built environment with a large amount of greenery. Their walking speed was measured in selected sections. The participants walked with a small video camera, and their walk was recorded. The temporal information was derived from the video recordings. Subsequently , the participants evaluated the environmental features of the route by specific spatio-cognitive dimensions of environmental preference. The results showed that walking speed in specific sections of the walking route systematically differed and reflected the environmental features. The walking speed was lower in sections with high natural characteristics and a high environmental preference. Noise here was perceived as less annoying than in sections with lower natural characteristics. The results are explained in terms of approach avoidance behavior. The findings are in accordance with environmental preference research that documents various benefits of walking in the natural environment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Land

ISSN

2073-445X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

"Article Number: 459"

UT code for WoS article

000654124900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85105776225