Use of a systematic observational measure to assess and compare walkability for older adults in Vancouver, British Columbia and Portland, Oregon neighbourhoods

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-454

  Chaudhury, Habib ^a   Sarte, Ann F I ^a   Michael, Yvonne L ^b   Mahmood, Atiya ^a   Keast, Erin M ^c   Dogaru, Cristian ^d   Wister, Andrew ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ELDERLY CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; WALKING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER;

EID: 79960924775     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2011.585847     Document Type: Article

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