Pedestrian well-being reflects emotional experience during walking.Analyzing which built environment factors influence pedestrian wellbeing not only helps to improve residents’physical and mental health but also enco...Pedestrian well-being reflects emotional experience during walking.Analyzing which built environment factors influence pedestrian wellbeing not only helps to improve residents’physical and mental health but also encourages more walking.Based on the data obtained via a questionnaire survey in Harbin,China,a gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT)model is developed to analyze how the perception of the built environment influences pedestrian well-being and to explain the differences across types of neighborhoods(old,new,and mixed).The results show that pedestrian well-being is most influenced by the diversity of daily service facilities,followed by the number of commercial facilities along a street,the accessibility of daily service facilities,and green spaces.Moreover,pedestrian well-being is also influenced by the type of neighborhoods.In new neighborhoods,it is dominated by the accessibility of public transport stations,while in old and mixed neighborhoods,pedestrian well-being is primarily determined by the accessibility of green spaces and the number of green spaces,respectively.Depending on the characteristics of the built environment,different intervention measures are proposed to improve pedestrian well-being and promote walking.展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51878204,52278057).
文摘Pedestrian well-being reflects emotional experience during walking.Analyzing which built environment factors influence pedestrian wellbeing not only helps to improve residents’physical and mental health but also encourages more walking.Based on the data obtained via a questionnaire survey in Harbin,China,a gradient boosting decision tree(GBDT)model is developed to analyze how the perception of the built environment influences pedestrian well-being and to explain the differences across types of neighborhoods(old,new,and mixed).The results show that pedestrian well-being is most influenced by the diversity of daily service facilities,followed by the number of commercial facilities along a street,the accessibility of daily service facilities,and green spaces.Moreover,pedestrian well-being is also influenced by the type of neighborhoods.In new neighborhoods,it is dominated by the accessibility of public transport stations,while in old and mixed neighborhoods,pedestrian well-being is primarily determined by the accessibility of green spaces and the number of green spaces,respectively.Depending on the characteristics of the built environment,different intervention measures are proposed to improve pedestrian well-being and promote walking.
