Mechanism of Factors Influencing Pedestrian Walking from the Socio-Ecological Perspective: An Empirical Study of Shenzhen

The health significance of walking has become increasingly prominent. To better understand how factors influence behavior is a necessary basis for effective behavioral intervention. In view of the complexity of human behavior, this paper explores the influencing factors of pedestrian walking and their influencing mechanism under different behavioral purposes from the socio-ecological perspective, based on the empirical data of Shenzhen. The analysis reveals that: factors in each dimension interact to have a joint influence on walking activities, among which the influences of behavioral habit, physical environment, and policy environment are more prominent; the differentiation of influencing factors under different behavioral purposes is relatively obvious in physical environment dimension; the comprehensive performance of factors is more prominent in physical environment dimension, which is effective, especially under the intervention of policy environment factors; behavioral intervention practices should be integrated with the respective characteristics of behavior psychology, social environment, physical environment, and policy environment, so as to maximize the intervention effects.