Development of the Scottish Walkability Assessment Tool (SWAT)

Health and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 474-481

  Millington, Catherine ^a   Ward Thompson, Catharine ^a   Rowe, David ^b   Aspinall, Peter ^a   Fitzsimons, Claire ^b   Nelson, Norah ^b   Mutrie, Nanette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit tool; Physical environment; Reliability; Urban; Walkability; Walking

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; WALKING;

EID: 58049102400     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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