The influence of urban design on neighbourhood walking following residential relocation: Longitudinal results from the RESIDE study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-30

  Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Bull, Fiona ^b   Knuiman, Matthew ^b   McCormack, Gavin ^c   Van Niel, Kimberly ^b   Timperio, Anna ^d   Christian, Hayley ^b   Foster, Sarah ^b   Divitini, Mark ^b   Middleton, Nick ^b   Boruff, Bryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Built environment; Longitudinal; Natural experiment; Physical environment; Quasi experimental; Social determinants; Walking

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLEASURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WALKING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECREATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84871616082     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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