Inequitable walking conditions among older people: examining the interrelationship of neighbourhood socio-economic status and urban form using a comparative …

TL Grant, N Edwards, H Sveistrup, C Andrew, M Egan - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background Supportive neighbourhood walking conditions are particularly important for
older people as they age and who, as a group, prefer walking as a form of physical activity …

Neighbourhood perceptions and older adults' wellbeing: Does walking explain the relationship in deprived urban communities?

A Curl, P Mason - Transportation research part A: policy and practice, 2019 - Elsevier
There is increased awareness of the role of the urban landscape in promoting walking to
counter the negative health and wellbeing impacts of age-related immobility. Consideration …

Older adults' outdoor walking: Inequalities in neighbourhood safety, pedestrian infrastructure and aesthetics

R Zandieh, J Martinez, J Flacke, P Jones… - International journal of …, 2016 - mdpi.com
Older adults living in high-deprivation areas walk less than those living in low-deprivation
areas. Previous research has shown that older adults' outdoor walking levels are related to …

Older adults' outdoor walking and the built environment: does income matter?

M Winters, R Barnes, S Venners, N Ste-Marie… - BMC public health, 2015 - Springer
Background Our aim was to examine the association between Street Smart Walk Score®
and self-reported outdoor walking among older Canadians, and to determine whether …

Neighborhood environments and utilitarian walking among older vs. younger rural adults

C Lee, C Lee, OT Stewart, HA Carlos… - Frontiers in public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Walking has the potential to promote health across the life span, but age-
specific features of the neighborhood environment (NE), especially in rural communities …

Do inequalities in neighborhood walkability drive disparities in older adults' outdoor walking?

R Zandieh, J Flacke, J Martinez, P Jones… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Older residents of high-deprivation areas walk less than those of low-deprivation areas.
Previous research has shown that neighborhood built environment may support and …

How urban densification shapes walking behaviours in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional analysis of potential pathways of influence

E Cerin, A Barnett, CJP Zhang, P Lai, CHP Sit… - International journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Population growth, population ageing, and urbanisation are major global
demographic trends that call for an examination of the impact of urban densification on older …

Place matters: A longitudinal analysis measuring the association between neighbourhood walkability and walking by age group and population center size in Canada

R Wasfi, M Steinmetz-Wood, Y Kestens - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
This study examined the influence of walkability on walking behaviour and assessed
whether associations varied according to life-stage and population center (PC) size …

Can the built environment reduce health inequalities? A study of neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and walking for transport

G Turrell, M Haynes, LA Wilson, B Giles-Corti - Health & place, 2013 - Elsevier
Residents of socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods are more likely to walk for
transport than their counterparts in advantaged neighbourhoods; however, the reasons for …

The impact of neighborhood walkability on walking: does it differ across adult life stage and does neighborhood buffer size matter?

K Villanueva, M Knuiman, A Nathan, B Giles-Corti… - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
We explored the impact of neighborhood walkability on young adults, early-middle adults,
middle-aged adults, and older adults' walking across different neighborhood buffers …