Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

We systematically reviewed the current use of Google Street View (GSV) in health research
and characterized major themes, strengths and weaknesses in order to highlight …

Several walkability studies have focused primarily on macro-level environmental factors.
Nevertheless, previous research has shown that street-level design can also support …

Food systems have a profound impact on diets, nutrition, health, economic development,
and environmental sustainability. Yet their complexity poses a persistent challenge in …

This cross-sectional study aimed to determine which objective built environmental factors,
identified using a virtual neighbourhood audit, were associated with cycling for transport in …

The release of Google Street View in 2007 inspired several new panoramic street-level
imagery platforms including Apple Look Around, Bing StreetSide, Baidu Total View, Tencent …

The objective of this study was to explore individual and contextual-level characteristics
associated with active (walking and cycling) and public transport as main travel modes for …

Neighborhood attributes have been shown to influence health, but advances in
neighborhood research has been constrained by the lack of neighborhood data for many …

There has been growing interest in the potential of 'big data'to enhance our understanding in
medicine and public health. Although there is no agreed definition of big data, accepted …

This study combines data on the location of health-constraining 'bads'(i: fast-food outlets, ii:
takeaway outlets, iii: dairy outlets and convenience stores, iv: alcohol outlets, and v: gaming …