Urban living environments are known to influence human well-being and health; however,
little is known about the multidimensionality of different environmental burdens. The aim of …

This chapter reviews psychological theories and research on urban environmental quality,
through the analysis of people‐environment transactions in residential environments. It …

Researchers have worked to delineate the manner in which urban environments reflect
broader social processes, such as those creating racially, ethnically and economically …

Characteristics of an individual alone cannot exhaustively explain all the causes of poor
health, and neighborhood of residence have been suggested to be one of the factors that …

Urban densification increases exposure to noise, light, odour, and vibration in urban
dwellings. Exposure from combined environmental stressors intruding into the home could …

ABSTRACT A series of studies have supported the significant and positive relationships
between surrounding built environments and physical activities. In addition, it is quite clear …

Two questions are at the bases of this paper:(1) what is the importance of environmental
features among all other factors contributing to threaten the individual's quality of life, and (2) …

Background Public housing residents have a high risk of chronic disease, which may be
related to neighborhood environmental factors. Our objective was to understand how public …

Background Both social and physical neighbourhood factors may affect residents' health, but
few studies have considered the combination of several exposures in relation to individual …

Recent research into urban patterns and residential conditions has shown that
neighbourhood conditions are associated with both residential environment satisfaction, and …