Walkable Neighborhoods: The Link between Public Health, Urban Design, and Transportation

• প্রধান লেখক: Oka, Koichiro (auth)
• অন্যান্য লেখক: Koohsari, Mohammad Javad (auth)
• বিন্যাস: বৈদ্যুতিক গ্রন্থের অধ্যায়
• ভাষা: ইংরেজি
• প্রকাশিত: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• বিষয়গুলি: body mass; non-communicable diseases; step counts; cycling; mobility management; obese; active living; health outcomes; spatial analysis; natural experiment; physical environment; neighbourhood; review; policy evaluation; compact city; Istanbul; obesity; streetscape features; soft mobility; Africa; city planning; age-friendly environments; public transport; survey; urban health; neighborhood; street network configuration; questionnaire; Discovery Tool; built environment; elderly; walkable neighborhood; urban design; citizen science; geographic variation; scale; health promotion; walkability; liveability; walking; social connectedness; sedentary behaviour; active travel; sedentary behavior; overweight; chronic diseases; active transport; walkable environment; peripheral neighbourhoods; traffic safety; physical activity; older adult; environment; urban form; pedestrian flow; infrastructure; aging; disease mapping; Australia; sitting
• অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It is now widely recognized that individual-based motivational interventions alone are not sufficient to address the global pandemic of physical inactivity (lack of exercise and too much sitting time). There has been a growing interest in the effect the physically built environment can have on peopl...