The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities
Objective: Place attachment plays an important role in individuals' health and well-being. Understanding the associations between urban design attributes and place attachment can inform strategies to promote place attachment. This study aims to examine the associations between walkable built en...
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| author | Jiuling Li Mohammad Javad Koohsari Andrew T. Kaczynski Ryo Tanimoto Reo Watanabe Tomoki Nakaya Yufeng Luo Jing Zhao Akitomo Yasunaga Koichiro Oka Tomoya Hanibuchi |
| author_facet | Jiuling Li Mohammad Javad Koohsari Andrew T. Kaczynski Ryo Tanimoto Reo Watanabe Tomoki Nakaya Yufeng Luo Jing Zhao Akitomo Yasunaga Koichiro Oka Tomoya Hanibuchi |
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| description | Objective: Place attachment plays an important role in individuals' health and well-being. Understanding the associations between urban design attributes and place attachment can inform strategies to promote place attachment. This study aims to examine the associations between walkable built environment metrics and place attachment. Methods: This study used data collected from October to November 2020, involving 25,340 adults across 21 major cities in Japan. Geographic address information was used to measure objective walkability, while perceived walkability and place attachment were assessed using adapted scales. Ordinary least squares regression models were employed to analyse associations. Results: For individual metrics, three objective measures—availability of destinations, population density, and street integration—were positively associated with place attachment. Several perceived measures, including access to shops, daily life facilities, public green spaces, public transports, the presence of paths, crime safety, and aesthetics, also showed positive associations with place attachment. For composite indices, traditional walkability, space syntax walkability, and perceived walkability were positively correlated with place attachment. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the associations between walkable built environment metrics and place attachment, showing variations in metric types. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9a7fa0a18b18472ab525280c83a82d1f2025-02-08T05:00:14ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552025-02-0150102969The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese citiesJiuling Li0Mohammad Javad Koohsari1Andrew T. Kaczynski2Ryo Tanimoto3Reo Watanabe4Tomoki Nakaya5Yufeng Luo6Jing Zhao7Akitomo Yasunaga8Koichiro Oka9Tomoya Hanibuchi10School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan; Corresponding author at: 1 Chome-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1211, Japan.School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan; Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan; School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, AustraliaDepartment of Health Promotion Education and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, United StatesFaculty of Economics, Teikyo University, JapanGraduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, JapanGraduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, JapanSchool of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, JapanSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangzhou University, ChinaFaculty of Health Sciences, Aomori University of Health and Welfare, JapanFaculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, JapanGraduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, JapanObjective: Place attachment plays an important role in individuals' health and well-being. Understanding the associations between urban design attributes and place attachment can inform strategies to promote place attachment. This study aims to examine the associations between walkable built environment metrics and place attachment. Methods: This study used data collected from October to November 2020, involving 25,340 adults across 21 major cities in Japan. Geographic address information was used to measure objective walkability, while perceived walkability and place attachment were assessed using adapted scales. Ordinary least squares regression models were employed to analyse associations. Results: For individual metrics, three objective measures—availability of destinations, population density, and street integration—were positively associated with place attachment. Several perceived measures, including access to shops, daily life facilities, public green spaces, public transports, the presence of paths, crime safety, and aesthetics, also showed positive associations with place attachment. For composite indices, traditional walkability, space syntax walkability, and perceived walkability were positively correlated with place attachment. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the associations between walkable built environment metrics and place attachment, showing variations in metric types.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525000087Urban design sciencePlace bondingUrban formScience-based urban designWalkingAsia |
| spellingShingle | Jiuling Li Mohammad Javad Koohsari Andrew T. Kaczynski Ryo Tanimoto Reo Watanabe Tomoki Nakaya Yufeng Luo Jing Zhao Akitomo Yasunaga Koichiro Oka Tomoya Hanibuchi The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities Preventive Medicine Reports Urban design science Place bonding Urban form Science-based urban design Walking Asia |
| title | The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities |
| title_full | The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities |
| title_fullStr | The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities |
| title_full_unstemmed | The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities |
| title_short | The built environment and place attachment: Insights from Japanese cities |
| title_sort | built environment and place attachment insights from japanese cities |
| topic | Urban design science Place bonding Urban form Science-based urban design Walking Asia |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335525000087 |
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