Built environment features can have varying impacts on user behavior depending on the
perceptions of the opportunities and obstacles that the environments create. This study …

Objectives. We examined the roles of utilitarian and recreational walking in relation to
occurrence of outdoor falls in older adults. Methods. We analyzed data on walking habits …

Walking has significant health and mobility benefits for older adults. Previous environment–
walking studies have focused on neighborhood environments, overlooking proximate site …

In the last decades, there has been rising interest in public health research in the importance
of the built environment for a healthy and active life in old age, but little attention has been …

Numerous studies have shown that dense, well-connected, and diverse environments are
key features that promote walking. Accepting these finding as true, we hypothesized that …

Background The built environment predicts walking in older adults, but the degree to which
associations between the objective built environment and walking for different purposes are …

Background Previous studies testing the association between the built environment and
walking behavior have been largely cross-sectional and have yielded mixed results. This …

Demographic ageing in most countries around the world is significant. Japan, the most
ageing country in the world, is expected to reach an ageing rate of over 40% by 2055. A …

Background Preliminary evidence suggests that recreational walking has different
environmental determinants than utilitarian walking. However, previous studies are limited in …

Background Knowledge about the relationships between micro-scale environmental factors
and older adults' walking for transport is limited and inconsistent. This is probably due to …