title: Development of the Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT).
abstract: The Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT) was designed to objectively record aspects of the physical environment believed to be related to walking in urban Scotland. Reliability was assessed by three pairs of trained raters auditing 30 street segments on two occasions. Eighteen items were reliably audited and displayed adequate environmental variability, 25 items proved unreliable, and 69 items lacked adequate environmental variability. The large number of items that lacked environmental variability indicates a relatively uniform environment in terms of characteristics, which the literature indicates might be used to differentiate walkability; however, the 18 reliable items can potentially be used to differentiate walkability.
authors.affiliation: OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK. Electronic address: c.millington@eca.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Millington
authors.affiliation: OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK. Electronic address: c.ward-thompson@eca.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Catharine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ward Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.affiliation: OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9DF, UK.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aspinall
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP, UK.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fitzsimons
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP, UK.
authors.forename: Norah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow G13 1PP, UK.
authors.forename: Nanette
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mutrie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012606:Scotland; D014504:Urban Health; D016138:Walking; D055815:Young Adult