A review on the effects of physical built environment attributes on enhancing walking and cycling activity levels within residential neighborhoods

Y Wang, CK Chau, WY Ng, TM Leung - Cities, 2016 - Elsevier
The growing worldwide awareness of the significant impacts of physical activities on
physical and physiological health has aroused great interest in the role of the physical built …

Walk score® and its potential contribution to the study of active transport and walkability: A critical and systematic review

CM Hall, Y Ram - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Walk Score® index has become increasingly applied in studies of walking and
walkability. The index assesses the “walking potential” of a place through a combination of …

Measuring the relationship between tourism and walkability? Walk Score and English tourist attractions

CM Hall, Y Ram - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Walking is an important part of the tourist experience and a significant element of
sustainable mobility. Although the concept of walkability has substantial health, social …

[HTML][HTML] Methods for accounting for neighbourhood self-selection in physical activity and dietary behaviour research: a systematic review

KE Lamb, LE Thornton, TL King, K Ball… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Background Self-selection into residential neighbourhoods is a widely acknowledged, but
under-studied problem in research investigating neighbourhood influences on physical …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond growth management: A review of the wider functions and effects of urban growth management policies

MG Kirby, AJ Scott, J Luger, CL Walsh - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban growth management policies (UGMPs), which include green belts and urban growth
boundaries seek to prevent urban sprawl in neighbouring peri-urban and rural landscapes …

[HTML][HTML] Walkable neighborhoods and obesity: Evaluating effects with a propensity score approach

L Kowaleski-Jones, C Zick, KR Smith, B Brown… - SSM-population …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Research investigating the connection between neighborhood walkability and
obesity often overlooks the issue of nonrandom residential selection. Methods We use …

ParkIndex: Development of a standardized metric of park access for research and planning

AT Kaczynski, J Schipperijn, JA Hipp, GM Besenyi… - Preventive …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective A lack of comprehensive and standardized metrics for measuring park exposure
limits park-related research and health promotion efforts. This study aimed to develop and …

Contributions and Limitations Walk Score® in the Context of Walkability: A Scoping Review

JA Brown, KD Curtin, M Thomson… - Environment and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Walkability is a critical component of built environments, yet there is still diverse
conceptualization and measurement of the construct. The Walk Score® metric is one …

The use of cultural identity in predicting health lifestyle behaviors in Latinx immigrant adolescents.

RK Moise, A Meca, SJ Schwartz, JB Unger… - Cultural Diversity and …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Objectives: This study explored whether cultural identity predicts health lifestyle behaviors.
Method: Participants included 302 recently immigrated (< 5 years in the US) Latinx …

Linkages between urban growth and land surface temperature variations in the Seoul metropolitan area: A spatial first-order difference approach

MJ Jun, Y Park, J Lee, S Kang, CA Barquilla… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effects of urban development and expansion on Land Surface
Temperature (LST) changes from 2000 to 2018, using the Seoul Metropolitan area (SMA) as …