Reliability of an instrument for direct observation of urban neighbourhoods

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-201

  Paquet, Catherine ^a,b   Cargo, Margaret ^a,c   Kestens, Yan ^b,d   Daniel, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic measurements; Neighbourhood observations; Reliability and validity; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

HOUSING; SURVEYS;

DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NEIGHBOURHOOD; OBJECTIVE REPRESENTATION; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

RELIABILITY;

CANYON; CENSUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 77955273670     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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