A new urban planning code's impact on walking: The residential environments project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1219-1228

  Christian, Hayley ^a   Knuiman, Matthew ^a   Bull, Fiona ^a   Timperio, Anna ^b   Foster, Sarah ^a   Divitini, Mark ^a   Middleton, Nicholas ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

ADULT; BUILDING CODES; CHILD; CITY PLANNING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; STATE GOVERNMENT; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879025635     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301230     Document Type: Article

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