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The Urban Liveability Index: developing a policy-relevant urban liveability composite measure and evaluating associations with transport mode choice.
International Journal of Health Geographics ( IF 4.9 ) Pub Date : 2019-06-11 , DOI: 10.1186/s12942-019-0178-8
Carl Higgs 1 , Hannah Badland 2 , Koen Simons 1, 3 , Luke D Knibbs 4 , Billie Giles-Corti 1
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BACKGROUND Designing healthy, liveable cities is a global priority. Current liveability indices are aggregated at the city-level, do not reflect spatial variation within cities, and are often not aligned to policy or health. OBJECTIVES To combine policy-relevant liveability indicators associated with health into a spatial Urban Liveability Index (ULI) and examine its association with adult travel behaviours. METHODS We developed methods to calculate spatial liveability indicators and the ULI for all residential addresses in Melbourne, Australia. Associations between the address-level ULI and adult travel behaviours from the 2012-2014 Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA) (n = 12,323) were analysed using multilevel logistic regression. Sensitivity analyses to evaluate impact of methodological choices on distribution of liveability as assessed by the ULI and associations with travel mode choice were also conducted. RESULTS Liveability estimates were calculated for 1,550,641 residential addresses. ULI scores were positively associated with active transport behaviour: for each unit increase in the ULI score the estimated adjusted odds ratio (OR) for: walking increased by 12% (95% Credible Interval: 9%, 15%); cycling increased by 10% (4%, 17%); public transport increased by 15% (11%, 19%); and private vehicle transport decreased by 12% (- 9%, - 15%). CONCLUSIONS The ULI provides an evidence-informed and policy-relevant measure of urban liveability, that is significantly and approximately linearly associated with adult travel behaviours in the Melbourne context. The ULI can be used to evaluate progress towards implementing policies designed to achieve more liveable cities, identify spatial inequities, and examine relationships with health and wellbeing.

中文翻译:

城市宜居指数:制定与政策相关的城市宜居综合措施,并评估与交通方式选择的关联。

背景技术设计健康,宜居的城市是全球优先事项。当前的宜居性指数是在城市一级汇总的,不能反映城市内部的空间变化,并且通常与政策或健康状况不符。目的将与健康相关的与政策相关的宜居性指标合并为空间城市宜居性指数(ULI),并检查其与成人出行行为的关系。方法我们开发了用于计算澳大利亚墨尔本所有居住地址的空间宜居性指标和ULI的方法。使用多级Logistic回归分析了2012-2014年维多利亚州旅行与活动综合调查(VISTA)(n = 12,323)中地址级别的ULI与成人旅行行为之间的关联。还进行了敏感性分析,以评估方法学选择对ULI评估的宜居性分布的影响以及与出行方式选择的关联。结果计算了1,550,641个住宅地址的宜居性估算。ULI得分与主动运输行为呈正相关:对于ULI得分的每单位增加,步行的估计调整比值比(OR)增加12%(95%可信区间:9%,15%);自行车运动增加了10%(4%,17%);公共交通增长了15%(11%,19%);私家车运输量下降了12%(-9%,-15%)。结论ULI提供了有关城市宜居性的有据可依和与政​​策相关的衡量方法,该方法与墨尔本环境下的成人出行行为显着且近似线性相关。
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