TY - JOUR
T1 - The Relationship between Walkability and Place Attachment and the Mediating Role of Neighborhood-Based Social Interaction
AU - van den Berg, Pauline E.W.
AU - Liao, Bojing
AU - Gorissen, Steef H.L.
AU - van Wesemael, Pieter J.V.
AU - Arentze, Theo A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - This study aims to provide insights in the relation between neighborhood walkability and place attachment and the mediating role of (satisfaction with) social interaction. Both objective and perceived walkability are tested. To analyze these relations, two structural equation models are estimated on data collected among 251 residents of different neighborhoods across the Netherlands. The results show that perceived neighborhood walkability is a stronger predictor of place attachment than objective walkability. Perceived walkability has both a positive direct effect on place attachment and an indirect effect, via neighborhood-based social interaction. Objective walkability only has a positive direct effect on place attachment.
AB - This study aims to provide insights in the relation between neighborhood walkability and place attachment and the mediating role of (satisfaction with) social interaction. Both objective and perceived walkability are tested. To analyze these relations, two structural equation models are estimated on data collected among 251 residents of different neighborhoods across the Netherlands. The results show that perceived neighborhood walkability is a stronger predictor of place attachment than objective walkability. Perceived walkability has both a positive direct effect on place attachment and an indirect effect, via neighborhood-based social interaction. Objective walkability only has a positive direct effect on place attachment.
KW - objective walkability
KW - perceived walkability
KW - place attachment
KW - social interaction
KW - structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.1177/0739456X221118101
DO - 10.1177/0739456X221118101
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85138290910
SN - 0739-456X
VL - 44
SP - 1730
EP - 1741
JO - Journal of Planning Education and Research
JF - Journal of Planning Education and Research
IS - 3
ER -