Relationships of land use mix with walking for transport: Do land uses and geographical scale matter?

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 782-795

  Duncan, Mitch J ^a   Winkler, Elisabeth ^b   Sugiyama, Takemi ^b   Cerin, Ester ^c   Dutoit, Lorinne ^b   Leslie, Eva ^d   Owen, Neville ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entropy; GIS; Land use mix; Physical activity; Walking for transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

ADULT; CENSUSES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 77956968345     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9488-7     Document Type: Article

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