Walking Behaviour of Urban and Rural Residents

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Vol. 3 No. 7 (2018): Mar / Apr
Published: Mar 16, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i7.270
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Walking Behaviour, Rural Residents, Urban Residents, Walking Distance,
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Diyanah Inani Azmi
Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor D.E., Malaysia.
Hafazah Abdul Karim
Centre for Town and Regional Planning Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Malaysia
Mohd Zamreen Mohd Amin
Centre for Town and Regional Planning Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA,Malaysia

Abstract

Walking behavior can be considered as one of the important factors in measuring the walkability level in neighborhood. Walking behavior has close interrelationships with walkability. This paper is based on a comparative study of walking behaviour of residents between urban and rural neighborhood. The method used in this study is known as walking distance test and the data were analyzed using the comparative approach. The findings show that there are slight differences of walking speed, walking time and walking speed between residents in the urban and rural neighborhood area.

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Azmi, D. I., Abdul Karim, H., & Mohd Amin, M. Z. (2018). Walking Behaviour of Urban and Rural Residents. Journal of ASIAN Behavioural Studies, 3(7), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.21834/jabs.v3i7.270

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