Background Urban development projects can be costly and have health impacts. An
evidence-based approach to urban planning is therefore essential. However, the evidence …

Public open spaces are important assets that play a significant role in city lives, based on
which a great number of behaviour-based studies are being conducted. These studies often …

The availability of urban green space (UGS) is one of the environmental factors that is
frequently linked to increased levels of physical activity (PA). Positive associations with …

This research posits the question that good design of the bicycle infrastructure in a city will
encourage more people to cycle. Research is carried out to compare the cycle infrastructure …

This paper is concerned with the relationship between the planning of settlements and
health. It gives a brief introduction to the issues before summarising the evidence in relation …

Background An understanding of how the living environment influences physical activity
(PA) is of great importance for health promotion. Researchers have reported increased PA …

Abstract The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) has been identified as the privileged
tool for addressing economic, social, and environmental issues in transport policy at the …

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 …

This paper aims to contribute to understanding the role of the built environment in subjective
well-being (SWB). The paper presents a new conceptual framework that integrates and links …

Public open spaces (POSs) are important destinations and settings for walking in
neighborhoods and different aspects of POSs can influence walking. Proximity to POSs is a …