Do adults like living in high-walkable neighborhoods? Associations of walkability parameters with neighborhood satisfaction and possible mediators

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 971-977

  Dyck, Delfien Van ^a,b   Cardon, Greet ^b   Deforche, Benedicte ^b,c   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mediating analyses; PLACE model; Residential density; Walkability

Indexed keywords

GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION; WALKING;

EID: 79958072347     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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