Table 1.
Neighbourhood objective measurements
| Traditional neighbourhoods | Early conventional suburban neighbourhoods |
Late conventional suburban neighbourhoods |
Difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greensboro | Overstreet | Total | Greenbriar | Timbercove | Total | Huntington | Country Club | Total | (p-value) | |
| Building setbacks (feet) | 52.27 (2.06) | 43.54 (2.03) | 47.20 (1.49) | 47.41 (.59) | 40.29 (.55) | 43.94 (.44) | 38.00 (.54) | 48.42 (2.27) | 41.68 (.99) | .001** |
| Lot depth (feet) | 213.24 (8.26) | 193.68 (6.32) | 201.91 (5.08) | 181.97 (5.32) | 142.16 (1.27) | 162.73 (2.97) | 147.29 (1.13) | 185.23 (8.12) | 162.53 (3.73) | <0.001** |
| Lot width (feet) | 107.27 (5.08) | 94.55 (3.25) | 99.90 (2.88) | 130.39 (1.68) | 111.53 (1.17) | 121.26 (1.13) | 64.41 (2.03) | 129.85 (2.59) | 89.03 (3.44) | <0.001** |
| Lot size (acres) | .52 (.03) | .45 (.03) | .48 (.02) | .54 (.02) | .36 (.00) | .45 (.01) | .22 (.01) | .59 (.03) | .36 (.02) | <0.001** |
| Block length (feet) | 665.79 (67.25) | 650.00 (43.48) | 656.61 (17.37) | 440.16 (37.83) | 602.08 (74.85) | 496.29 (15.48) | 433.89 (28.05) | 1705.00 (116.34) | 820.21 (17.10) | .004* |
| Street-tree coverage1 | 60.40% | 51.20% | 55.05% | 17.00% | 46.00% | 27.05% | 6.10% | 0% | 4.25% | / |
| Street-lighting coverage2 | 200.79 | 250.71 | 229.80 | 316.69 | 294.90 | 309.14 | 260.33 | 310.00 | 275.40 | / |
| Front porches3 | 76% | 69% | 72% | 50% | 62% | 55% | 17% | 37% | 23% | / |
| Residential density4 | 1.42 | 2.06 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 2.17 | 1.88 | 2.57 | 1.47 | 2.12 | / |
| Sidewalk coverage on at least one street side5 | 68% | 93% | 83% | 4% | 0% | 3% | 97% | 98% | 98% | / |
| Sidewalk coverage on both street sides6 | 45% | 40% | 42 % | 4% | 0% | 2% | 64% | 98% | 75% | / |
| Land-use mix (miles) | / | |||||||||
| Distance to nearest institutional destination7 | .2 | .3 | .3 | 1.4 | .9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | .9 | 1.1 | / |
| Distance to nearest maintenance destination8 | .6 | .4 | .5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | / |
| Distance to nearest eating destination9 | .5 | .2 | .3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 | / |
| Distance to nearest leisure destination10 | .5 | .3 | .4 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | / |
Notes:
The number refers to the mean of each variable in its corresponding neighbourhood.
Standard errors are in parentheses.
The difference refers to whether each variable is statistically significant across the three types of neighbourhoods by using one-way ANOVA.
refers to significance at the p≤.01 level.
refers to significance at the p≤.001 level.
. Street-tree coverage is calculated from aerial images as length covered by tree canopy (feet)/total length of streets (feet).
Street-lighting coverage is calculated as total length of streets (feet)/number of lighting posts.
. Front porches is calculated as number of homes with front porches/total number of homes.
. Residential density refers to the neighbourhood’s residential units per acre.
. Sidewalk coverage on at least one street side is calculated as total length of sidewalks (feet) on at least one street side/total length of streets (feet).
Sidewalk coverage on both street sides is calculated as total length of sidewalks (feet) on both street sides/total length of streets (feet).
Institutional destinations: bank, church, library, post office.
Maintenance destinations: convenience store, grocery store, pharmacy.
Eating destinations: bakery, ice cream, pizza, takeout.
Leisure destinations: bar, bookstore, health club, theatre, video rental.