An essential characteristic of a healthy and sustainable city is a physically active population.
Effective policies for healthy and sustainable cities require evidence-informed quantitative …

For decades, accessibility–ie the ease of reaching destinations–has been an important
concept in transport planning, resulting in many studies trying to measure it and put it into …

A sufficient number of studies have highlighted that walkable neighborhoods can help to
reduce the risk of obesity and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). The Chinese …

Smart cities attract considerable attention from academics and urban planners mainly in the
context of urban development policies. Based on technological innovations, smart cities are …

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 …

Numerous methodologies measuring walkability have been developed over the last years.
This paper reviews the Walkability Index (WI) literature of the last decade (2009–2018) and …

What exactly is meant by the term 'walkability'? In professional, research and public debates
the term is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena. Some discussions …

Background Physical inactivity is a global pandemic responsible for over 5 million deaths
annually through its effects on multiple non-communicable diseases. We aimed to document …

Although walkability assessments have enjoyed recent popularity, walkability measures
usually often omitted microscale attributes and pedestrian perceptions of the built …

Introduction Built and natural environments may provide opportunities for physical activity.
However, studies are limited by primarily using residential addresses to define exposure …