Pedestrians’ Urban Space Preference Scale: A Study on Reliability and Validity

ABSTRACT

This study develops a valid and reliable scale for the spatial preferences of pedestrians in public spaces. The study was conducted in 2023 and includes the development of a model based on survey results. With the help of random sampling method, the research was carried out with 401 random participants who were currently walking in the urban space. The scale development process started with an initial pool of 34 items determined from the literature on the subject. The data obtained from the applied scale were subjected to total item correlation, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and reliability analyses. According to the results of the analyses, it was found that the scale consisted of 19 items and 5 factors, the variance rate explaining the whole scale was 62.8%, and the fit index values were acceptable. Cronbach alpha internal consistency reliability coefficient was calculated as 0.813.

KEYWORDS:

• Urban space
• spatial preferences
• factor analysis
• scale development
• urban space preference scale

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Supplementary Material

Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15366367.2024.2350560

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Funding

The work was supported by the Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştırma Kurumu [123K028].