Does walkable mean sociable? Neighborhood determinants of social capital among older adults in Japan

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-239

  Hanibuchi, Tomoya ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^b   Nakaya, Tomoki ^a   Shirai, Kokoro ^c   Hirai, Hiroshi ^d   Kawachi, Ichiro ^e  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Japan; Neighborhood; Social capital; Urbanization; Walkability

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN SOCIETY; URBANIZATION; WALKING;

AGED; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD WALKABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

JAPAN;

EID: 84856577670     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.09.015     Document Type: Article

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