Using Google Street View to audit neighborhood environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research indicates that neighborhood environment characteristics such as physical disorder influence health and health behavior. In-person audit of neighborhood environments is costly and time-consuming. Google Street View may allow auditing of neighborhood environments more easily and at lower cost, but little is known about the feasibility of such data collection.

Purpose

To assess the feasibility of using Google Street View to audit neighborhood environments.

Methods

This study compared neighborhood measurements coded in 2008 using Street View with neighborhood audit data collected in 2007. The sample included 37 block faces in high-walkability neighborhoods in New York City. Field audit and Street View data were collected for 143 items associated with s

SUBMITTER: Rundle AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3031144 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature