The Influence of the Local Neighbourhood Environment on Walking Levels during the Walking for Wellbeing in the West Pedometer-Based Community Intervention

Table 1

Environment variables included in the analysis (𝑛=69), arranged according to theme and element after Pikora et al. [25]. GIS data variables (i.e. those not derived from the street audit data) are shown in italic (𝑛=13), and variables that were included in the factor analysis are shown in bold (𝑛=58). Variables which are weighted scores are indicated with an asterisk. Unless otherwise stated (e.g. %, number, mean), the values used in the analysis were the proportion of segments in the 400 m radius neighbourhood zone where the environmental feature in question was present.

Theme	Functional				Safety		Aesthetic		Destination
Elements	Walking surface	Streets	Traffic	Permeability	Personal	Traffic	Streetscape	Views		Facilities
Items	Path continuity	Car lanes (mean no. of)	Traffic signals	Paths area (%)	Hedge height	Accidents injury (no. of)	Garden maintenance ^*	Hill views	Land use mix index ^b	Park	Bus stops (no. of)
	Path obstructions		Driveway crossovers	Paths and roadside area (%)	Street lights	Accidents injury to pedestrians (no. of)	Hedge % coverage ^*	Nature views	Land uses (no. of)	Playground	Bus stop
	Bridge overpass		Road narrowing	Junctions:three legged (no. of)	Path well lit	Accidents noninjury (no. of)	Verge maintenance ^*	Wild nature views	Green space area (%)	Sports/playing field or tennis court	Coach stop
	Underpass		Speed humps	Steet closing but walking access through	Road names visible	Crossing with lights	Derelict land	Water views	Commercial area (%)	Sports track	Train station
	Path: none		Cycle lane	Cul de sac or permanent street closing ^a	Pedestrian signage	Zebra crossing	Dog fouling ^*	Urban views	Domestic area (%)	Pool	Transport stops (mean no. of)
	Path material type ^*		Bike locker			Median refuge		Commercial views	Dwellings per hectare	Golf course
	Path material natural		Bike rack			Path distance from kerb ^*			Government buildings (mean no. of)	Fitness facility: indoor
						Raised kerb			Parking provision ^*	Recreation facility: other ^c
						Kerb extension			Parking on street amount ^*	Recreation facility (mean no. of)
						Tactile paving

^aAt either end of the segment.
^bAfter Frank et al. [21].
^cRecreation facility other than an indoor fitness facility, park, playground, pool, golf course, sports/playing field, sports track or tennis court.
^*Variable is a weighted score.