An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE
A Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Mohamed Tarish AlQahtani entitled, “An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE”, submitted in April 2019. Thesis advisor is Dr. Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh. Soft and hard copy available.
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| author | AlQahtani, Mohamed Tarish |
| author_facet | AlQahtani, Mohamed Tarish |
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| dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv | Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan |
| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | AlQahtani, Mohamed Tarish |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2019-09-03T08:17:27Z 2019-09-03T08:17:27Z 2019-04 |
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| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 35.232-2019.32 http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16478 |
| dc.language.none.fl_str_mv | en_US |
| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | UAE Transportation Public health Neural network R2 Non-contagious illnesses |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
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| spelling | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAEAlQahtani, Mohamed TarishUAETransportationPublic healthNeural networkR2Non-contagious illnessesA Master of Science thesis in Civil Engineering by Mohamed Tarish AlQahtani entitled, “An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE”, submitted in April 2019. Thesis advisor is Dr. Ghassan Abu-Lebdeh. Soft and hard copy available.This research examines the relationship between transport/travel choices-- as default decisions that are decidedly influenced by the built environment-- and public health in the UAE. The objective of the research is two-fold: 1) evaluate the links between travel/transport choices and public health in working adults and college-age residents of the UAE, and 2) develop meaningful correlations between specific public health markers and transport choices and socio-economic characteristics. A self-administered survey was used to collect information on lifestyle with an emphasis on travel/transport choices and on specific health outcomes as Non-contagious illnesses (also known as modernity illnesses). 1009 persons participated in the survey. Among the more pronounced observations is the high proportion of commuters exposed to traffic congestion (76%), and those reporting stress (72%). Back-propagation neural network models were developed to help predict health outcomes from travel/transport choices and socio-economic characteristics. Over thirty models usable were developed which can be integrated into a transport planning/policy framework thus enabling direct inclusion of public health outcomes in the transportation planning and/or decision-making process. Predictive quality and strength of the models were assessed using the coefficient of determination, R2, distribution of error (residuals vs. independent variables), and the mean squared error (MSE).College of EngineeringDepartment of Civil EngineeringMaster of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE)Abu-Lebdeh, Ghassan2019-09-03T08:17:27Z2019-09-03T08:17:27Z2019-04info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisapplication/pdf35.232-2019.32http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16478en_USoai:repository.aus.edu:11073/164782025-06-26T12:29:20Z |
| spellingShingle | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE AlQahtani, Mohamed Tarish UAE Transportation Public health Neural network R2 Non-contagious illnesses |
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| title | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| title_full | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| title_fullStr | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| title_short | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| title_sort | An Investigation of Links Between Transport Choices and Health: A Case Study in the UAE |
| topic | UAE Transportation Public health Neural network R2 Non-contagious illnesses |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11073/16478 |