Table 1.
Neighborhood-level descriptive statistics of Geographical Information System (GIS)-based environmental variables.
| Land Area (sq Km) a | Population ᵇ | Urban Form | Land Uses (Sq Km, Percent) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intersections Density c | Residential Density d | Built Coverage e | Green Open Space | Public Facilities | Retail | ||||
| Inner city neighborhoods | Abramovitch * | 0.73 | 15,532 | 134.23 | 17.40 | 0.44 | 0.02 (3.92%) | 0.07 (13.72%) | 0.08 (15.68%) |
| Katzanelson | 0.843 | 9805 | 97.25 | 9.67 | 0.38 | 0.06 (9.68%) | 0.08 (12.90%) | 0.03 (4.84%) | |
| Rambam | 1.353 | 32,546 | 112.29 | 17.61 | 0.37 | 0.08 (8.17%) | 0.13 (13.19%) | 0.09 (8.85%) | |
| Remez | 1.555 | 21,203 | 63.00 | 13.44 | 0.37 | 0.09 (7.68%) | 0.17 (13.68%) | 0.03 (2.71%) | |
| Suburban neighborhoods | Chataney Pras Nobel | 1.473 | 5692 | 59.06 | 4.73 | 0.32 | 0.15 (13.63%) | 0.05 (4.54%) | 0.003 (0.27%) |
| Neot Ashalim | 0.545 | 8987 | 33.06 | 11.98 | 0.22 | 0.07 (15.41%) | 0.10 (22.29%) | 0.004 (0.91%) | |
| Neot Shikma * | 1.262 | 14,297 | 48.33 | 9.80 | 0.25 | 0.32 (32.96%) | 0.16 (16.48%) | 0.01 (1.45%) | |
* Neighborhoods that were included in both survey and mapping activity; a Source: ICBS (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics), 2011; b Source: ICBS, 2008; c number of intersections per sq km; d number of households per residential dunam; e the proportion of building area from all built lots.