Building communities to promote physical activity: A multi-scale geographical analysis

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-90

  Vojnovic, Igor ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Travel behaviour; Urban planning and design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33644772504     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2006.00206.x     Document Type: Review

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