Built environment attributes and their influence on walkability

F Fonseca, PJG Ribeiro, E Conticelli… - International Journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Walking is a sustainable mode of transport and a healthy way of doing physical activity.
Walkability is a concept that has gained enormous popularity in recent years due to its …

Nature and children's health: a systematic review

AL Fyfe-Johnson, MF Hazlehurst, SP Perrins… - …, 2021 - publications.aap.org
RESULTS The strongest evidence for type of nature exposure was residential green space
studies (n= 147, 50%). The strongest evidence for the beneficial health effects of nature was …

Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

R Foley, T Kistemann - Health & place, 2015 - Elsevier
Drawing from research on therapeutic landscapes and relationships between environment,
health and wellbeing, we propose the idea of 'healthy blue space'as an important new …

Social involvement and park citizenship as moderators for quality-of-life in a national park

H Ramkissoon, F Mavondo, M Uysal - Journal of Sustainable …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper contributes to the advancement of quality-of-life research in tourism by examining
complex relationships involving direct, mediated, moderated and moderated mediation …

Planning walkable neighborhoods: are we overlooking diversity in abilities and ages?

L Stafford, C Baldwin - Journal of planning literature, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite growing numbers of studies on planning walkable neighborhoods, few have
included people with diverse abilities across the age spectrum. This article demonstrates a …

Promoting activity participation and well-being among children and adolescents: a systematic review of neighborhood built-environment determinants

ECA Nordbø, H Nordh, RK Raanaas… - JBI evidence …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize the findings
on built-environment determinants and their relation to participation in different domains of …

Association between green space quality and prosocial behaviour: A 10-year multilevel longitudinal analysis of Australian children

IGNE Putra, T Astell-Burt, DP Cliff, SA Vella… - Environmental research, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Current evidence from studies on green space and child prosocial behaviour
suggests a paucity of studies investigating the plausible role of green space quality in …

Street connectivity, physical activity, and childhood obesity: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

P Jia, Y Zou, Z Wu, D Zhang, T Wu, M Smith… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Street connectivity, as a neighbourhood built environmental factor, may affect individual
physical activity (PA) and subsequently weight status. However, these associations remain …

Walkability indices and childhood obesity: A review of epidemiologic evidence

S Yang, X Chen, L Wang, T Wu, T Fei, Q Xiao… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The lack of an active neighbourhood living environment can impact community health to a
great extent. One such impact manifests in walkability, a measure of urban design in …

Non-linear associations between the built environment and the physical activity of children

X Huang, G Lu, J Yin, W Tan - … Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The relationship between the built environment and the physical activity (PA) of children has
been explored; however, the results remain controversial. Moreover, the studies on the non …