Walkable Neighborhoods: The Link between Public Health, Urban Design, and Transportation

It is now widely recognized that individual-based motivational interventions alone are not sufficient to address the global pandemic of physical inactivity (lack of exercise and too much sitting time). There has been a growing interest in the effect the physically built environment can have on peopl...

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Otros Autores:	Oka, Koichiro (auth), Koohsari, Mohammad Javad
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Materias:	body mass non-communicable diseases step counts cycling mobility management obese active living health outcomes spatial analysis natural experiment physical environment neighbourhood review policy evaluation compact city Istanbul obesity streetscape features soft mobility Africa city planning age-friendly environments public transport survey urban health neighborhood street network configuration questionnaire Discovery Tool built environment elderly walkable neighborhood urban design citizen science geographic variation scale health promotion walkability liveability walking social connectedness sedentary behaviour active travel sedentary behavior overweight chronic diseases active transport walkable environment peripheral neighbourhoods traffic safety physical activity older adult environment urban form pedestrian flow infrastructure aging disease mapping Australia sitting
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