TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of the Scottish walkability assessment tool (SWAT)
AU - Millington, Catherine
AU - Ward Thompson, Catharine
AU - Rowe, David
AU - Aspinall, Peter
AU - Fitzsimons, Claire
AU - Nelson, Norah
AU - Mutrie, Nanette
AU - SPARColl-the Scottish Physical Activity Research Collaboration
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT) was designed to objectively record aspects of the physical environment believed to be related to walking in urban Scotland. Reliability was assessed by three pairs of trained raters auditing 30 street segments on two occasions. Eighteen items were reliably audited and displayed adequate environmental variability, 25 items proved unreliable, and 69 items lacked adequate environmental variability. The large number of items that lacked environmental variability indicates a relatively uniform environment in terms of characteristics, which the literature indicates might be used to differentiate walkability; however, the 18 reliable items can potentially be used to differentiate walkability.
AB - The Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT) was designed to objectively record aspects of the physical environment believed to be related to walking in urban Scotland. Reliability was assessed by three pairs of trained raters auditing 30 street segments on two occasions. Eighteen items were reliably audited and displayed adequate environmental variability, 25 items proved unreliable, and 69 items lacked adequate environmental variability. The large number of items that lacked environmental variability indicates a relatively uniform environment in terms of characteristics, which the literature indicates might be used to differentiate walkability; however, the 18 reliable items can potentially be used to differentiate walkability.
U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 19041275
SN - 1353-8292
VL - 15
SP - 474
EP - 481
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
IS - 2
ER -