Purpose. To integrate the characteristics of the perceived environment with the theory of
planned behavior (TPB) to determine (1) whether the TPB mediates relations among …

Safety has been shown to be an important contributor to mental well‐being and is often
identified as a key element of sustainable communities. Drawing on the fear of crime …

Crime and fear of crime concentrate in some areas called 'hot spots'. Hot spots relate to at
least two levels of reference—macro (neighborhood) and micro (proximate). Although the …

The current pilot study explores whether mobile technology can be leveraged in survey
research to gather meaningful context-dependent data on fear of crime and risk perception …

Purpose. To assess environmental correlates of neighborhood recreational walking. Design.
The study used a cross-sectional survey. Setting. The study was conducted in the local …

This study investigates perceived barriers to walking using data collected from 179 randomly-
selected adults between the ages of 18 and 92 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. A survey …

Existing research on relations between the built environment and walking has mostly
focused on people's propensity to walk through a given area. Little work has investigated …

The potential health benefits of walking in attractive, predominantly built-up urban settings
have not received much attention from scholars, despite the global need to increase walking …

Although natural environments can help promote health, they also contain a number of
dangers. This study attempted to examine how variations in the physical structure of a …

The aim of this study was to examine what factors worried people as pedestrians in Kuwait. It
aimed also to assess the correlation between perceived risk and worry and between worry …