Exploring associations between urban green, street design and walking: Results from the Greater London boroughs

C Sarkar, C Webster, M Pryor, D Tang… - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years, a series of studies have highlighted the positive effects of urban green on
individual activity behaviour and health. In this paper, we examine salutogenic environment …

Exploring the spatial trade-off effects of green space on older people's physical inactivity: Evidence from Shanghai

S Miao, Y Xiao - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
Given that green space patterns and population density often show opposing trends over
space, this could lead to trade-off (distance/population decay) relationships. Consequently …

Exploring the mediating effect of physical activities on built environment and obesity for elderly people: evidence from Shanghai, China

Y Xiao, S Chen, S Miao, Y Yu - Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There is still a scarcity of literature on the specific mechanisms of the linkage between the
built environment and obesity. As a result, this study investigated whether and how physical …

Does green space really matter for residents' obesity? A new perspective from Baidu street view

Y Xiao, Y Zhang, Y Sun, P Tao, X Kuang - Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Despite a growing literature on the topic, the association between neighborhood greenness
and body weight is inconsistent. The objective of this research is to examine the association …

Multiple impacts of urban built and natural environment on lung cancer incidence: a case study in Bengbu

K Gu, Y Li, X Jia, C Liu - Journal of healthcare engineering, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tumours are the main disease affecting the health of the Chinese population, and lung
cancer is the malignancy with the highest incidence. Hence, the need to study and analyse …

Measurement of urban park accessibility from the quasi-public goods perspective

Q Chen, C Wang, G Lou, M Zhang, S Wu - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The rational distribution of parks within an urban park system should ensure reasonable
travel distance for citizens, as well as good recreation quality, which seems to be more …

[HTML][HTML] Questionnaire design

Y Kang - Age, 2016 - ebrary.net
The questionnaire was based on the research hypothesis that older women with different
cognition functions would have different exercise behaviors and preferences toward …

Urban naturalistic meadows to promote cultural and regulating ecosystem services

A Lhomme-Duchadeuil - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
This thesis examined the ecosystem services delivered by a new type of vegetation
comprised of grasses and forbs organised in biodiverse naturalistic meadows. The study site …

Exercise Space Planning and Design for an Aging Society: A Case Study of Space, Exercise Behavior, and Cognitive Function of Older Women in Taiwan

TYS Chao, Y Chou - The Routledge Handbook of People and …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter explores practical approaches to building a healthy built environment for an
aging society by planning appropriate exercise spaces. In an urban area, the quality …