A better understanding of context facilitates interpretation of intervention success or failure. Perceptions of context may differ across stakeholders. We used concept mapping in case studies of three imminent urban form interventions (a public bike share program in Vancouver, British Columbia; a city-wide cycling network in Victoria, British Columbia; a bus rapid transit system in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) to uncover stakeholders’ perceptions of factors that influence the success or failure of urban form interventions. Fuller D, Winters M, Kestens Y, Rondier P. A tale of three cities: A concept mapping exercise to understand the context for urban form changes. Oral presentation at: International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity; June 10 2017; Victoria, BC.

1. A concept mapping exercise to understand the context for
urban form changes
Daniel Fuller, Meghan Winters, Yan Kestens, Pierre Rondier

3. An exercise to determine and prioritize the factors that
influence the impact implementation and impact of
the urban form intervention under study.

5. “From your perspective, factors that impact the success or failure of [intervention
of interest] are…. ”
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Statement
Generation
Research
Question
Ideas
Statement sorting
and rating
Sorting in
groups
Ranking by importance and
feasibility
Data analysis
Multidimensional
scaling
Cluster
analysis
Visual
representation
Concept map
visualisation
Focus groups
Interpreting
the map
Participants
Facilitators
In Person
Participants

6. Statement Sorting
1
• Identify Close
and Distant
Ideas
Statement Sorting
2
• Group
Ideas
Statement Sorting
3
• Ranking
of
Clusters
6
Multidimensional Scaling
Attributing x and y
Coordinates for Each Idea
Cluster Analysis
Rating of Highly
Rated
Statements

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13
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5
7
8
4
6
10
5
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3
SASKATOON
VANCOUVER
VICTORIA
Non profit Policy maker / govt Private sector Public

8. Site Saskatoon Vancouver Victoria
PARTICIPATION
Nb of stakeholders invited 52 67 57
Nb of participants 22 29 28
% of participation 42.3% 43.3% 49.1%
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9. Site Saskatoon Vancouver Victoria
GENERATION AND EVALUATION
Nb of statements generated 85 75 84
Nb of selected statements 41 30 40
Nb of groups proposed to sort
the ideas
79 88 85
Total Duration (estimated) 23 min 22 min 27 min
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10. 10
Political leadership
and support
Communication,
promotions, and
public engagement
Stakeholder’s
engagement and support
Network characteristics
and design Monitoring &
Evaluation

11. 11
Safety
Promotion and
Stakeholder
Engagement
Costs
Reliability and
Availability Reliability and
Ease of Use
Equipment and
Service Quality

12. 12
Reliability and
Ease of Use
Equipment and
Service Quality
Urban Design
Funding
Stakeholder
Engagement
Cost

14. Saskatoon Vancouver Victoria
1. Reliability and Ease of
Use
2. Funding
3. Overall Urban Design
Friendliness
4. Stakeholder Engagement
5. Costs
1. Equipment and service quality
2. Reliability and ease of use
3. Reliability and availability of the
bicycle fleet
4. Costs
5. Promotion and stakeholder
engagement
1. Political leadership and support
2. Network characteristics
3. Monitoring and evaluation
4. Communication, promotions
and public engagement
5. Stakeholder engagement
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15. Saskatoon Vancouver Victoria
• Reliability and Ease of Use
• Funding
• Overall Urban Design
Friendliness
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Costs
• Equipment and Service
Quality
• Equipment and service
quality
• Reliability and ease of use
• Reliability and availability of
the bicycle fleet
• Costs
• Promotion and stakeholder
engagement
• Safety of use
• Political leadership and
support
• Network characteristics
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Communication,
promotions and public
engagement
• Stakeholder engagement
15Feasibility (ranking): Highest Moderate Lowest