Measuring the built environment for physical activity: state of the science

RC Brownson, CM Hoehner, K Day, A Forsyth… - American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Physical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the US and
internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the …

The built environment and obesity

MA Papas, AJ Alberg, R Ewing… - Epidemiologic …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Obesity results from a complex interaction between diet, physical activity, and the
environment. The built environment encompasses a range of physical and social elements …

What is a walkable place? The walkability debate in urban design

A Forsyth - Urban design international, 2015 - Springer
What exactly is meant by the term 'walkability'? In professional, research and public debates
the term is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena. Some discussions …

Using Google Street View to audit neighborhood environments

AG Rundle, MDM Bader, CA Richards… - American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Research indicates that neighborhood environment characteristics such as
physical disorder influence health and health behavior. In-person audit of neighborhood …

Accessibility in practice: 20-minute city as a sustainability planning goal

D Capasso Da Silva, DA King, S Lemar - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cities can enhance their sustainability planning by prioritizing accessibility as a performance
metric for transportation planning. In this context, accessibility measures the ease of …

[PDF][PDF] The walkable neighborhood: A literature review

E Talen, J Koschinsky - … journal of sustainable land use and urban …, 2013 - researchgate.net
The past decade has seen a surge of interest in the walkable neighborhood, motivated by
environmental, health, economic, and communitarian goals. We take stock of this literature …

Neighborhood walkability and the walking behavior of Australian adults

N Owen, E Cerin, E Leslie, N Coffee, LD Frank… - American journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The physical attributes of residential neighborhoods, particularly the
connectedness of streets and the proximity of destinations, can influence walking behaviors …

Moving beyond the neighborhood: Daily exposure to nature and adolescents' mood

D Li, B Deal, X Zhou, M Slavenas… - Landscape and urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
A growing body of literature has explored the psychological benefits associated with contact
with nature. Many studies have employed experimental designs that compared various …

The development and testing of an audit for the pedestrian environment

KJ Clifton, ADL Smith, D Rodriguez - Landscape and urban planning, 2007 - Elsevier
Recognizing the need for consistent, reliable, and efficient methods to collect information
about the walking environment, the authors have developed and tested a complete …

[HTML][HTML] A study of community design, greenness, and physical activity in children using satellite, GPS and accelerometer data

E Almanza, M Jerrett, G Dunton, E Seto, MA Pentz - Health & place, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examined relationships between greenness exposure and free-living physical
activity behavior of children in smart growth and conventionally designed communities …