Development and application of a moveability index to quantify possibilities for physical activity in the built environment of children

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1191-1201

  Buck, Christoph ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^a   Huybrechts, Inge ^b   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b   Pitsiladis, Yannis ^c   Reisch, Lucia ^d   Pigeot, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Built environment; Children; Geographic information system; Physical activity; Walkability

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CHILD WELFARE; GIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOVEABILITY INDEX; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

GERMANY;

EID: 80053571961     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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