Objective assessment of walking environments in ultra-dense cities: Development and reliability of the Environment in Asia Scan Tool-Hong Kong version (EAST-HK)

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 937-945

  Cerin, Ester ^a   Chan, Ka wai ^a   Macfarlane, Duncan J ^a   Lee, Ka yiu ^a   Lai, Poh chin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Environmental audit; Test retest reliability; Ultra dense metropolis; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HONG KONG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79958067217     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.005     Document Type: Article

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