Establishing the soundness of administrative spatial units for operationalising the active living potential of residential environments: An exemplar for designing optimal zones

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Riva, Mylène ^a,b,c   Apparicio, Philippe ^a,b   Gauvin, Lise ^a   Brodeur, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; HEALTH IMPACT; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

CENSUSES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WALKING;

EID: 51949102851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-43     Document Type: Article

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