Walking and Sociability
Walkability has a modest association to the local sense of community.
Walkability has a modest association to the local sense of community.
Cul-de-sac neighborhoods increase play opportunities for younger children, while older children benefit from neighborhoods with grid layouts.
A number of factors make a neighborhood seem disordered; the ones that are physical will be discussed here.
In neighborhoods where there is a main street that concentrates pedestrian activity, there is a greater sense of community than in neighborhoods that do not have a main street.
McCormack’s and his colleagues’ research supports previous investigations of adults’ perceptions of distances to places in their neighborhoods.
Intensity of pro-environmental sentiment, length of time living in the desert, aesthetic opinion, gender, and young children in the household influence desert residents’ landscaping preferences.
Researchers have found that green spaces in cities are becoming the accepted standard of comparison for natural areas, even though these urban places may be entirely created by human beings.
In the United States, virtual experiences of nature are becoming extremely realistic and, simultaneously, the amount of time people spend in the real outdoor environment is decreasing.
Laypeople and professionals may have different opinions about the design of the same housing development.
Forsyth and her co-authors make several suggestions for the design of transportation projects that enhance a community.