|Question 6Verbal

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Luang Prabang has high pedestrian traffic, but simply replicating a feature of Luang Prabang associated with walkability—e.g., its human-scaled architecture—may be insufficient to induce increased walking in other cities. As urbanist Mariela Alfonzo argues, our understanding of individuals' decision-making about whether to walk is insufficiently robust: some studies emphasize the role of local norms, others the role of demographic characteristics, and so on, but walking decisions are made in complex context in which multiple conditions and needs inform individuals' choices.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To describe the effect of human-scaled architecture on any given city's walkability
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To explain why it is challenging to compare the amount of pedestrian traffic in different cities
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To present a claim about how individuals' decision-making about walking can be improved
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To discuss the difficulty of identifying a reliable way to increase walking in any given city
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