The paper investigates the choice of the transport mode to access the city center of Trieste,
Italy. We have collected revealed and stated choice data and attitudinal data in order to …

Built environment interventions, such as creating green and walkable neighborhoods have
increasingly been recognized as an effective approach to promote physical activity and …

Neighbourhood environments significantly influence health and well-being, especially as
people age. Our study uniquely highlights how one microscale feature (benches) influence …

Active mobility is related to various positive effects and is promoted in urban planning,
transport planning, and in public health. The goals of these three disciplines differ in many …

Although the risk of becoming a victim of crime in a transport setting is higher than in many
other settings, research on how crime-related aspects impact travel has mostly focused on …

Streets functioning as important components of urban public space are not only the primary
carriers of traffic but also essential spaces for individuals' daily activities, including recreation …

Trees are an integral and salient feature of the natural environment with multiple benefits for
environmental and human health. Little is understood, however, about how connectedness …

With the global trend of population aging, how to integrate the health needs of elderly
people into public open space (POS) development while taking into account public interest …

This chapter deals with those aspects of the design of cities that have been shown to affect
quality of life. Whilst direct causal relationships between physical space and well-being are …

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 …