Effects of access to public open spaces on walking: Is proximity enough?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 92-99

  Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^a,b,c   Kaczynski, Andrew T ^d   Giles Corti, Billie ^b   Karakiewicz, Justyna Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Neighborhoods; Proximity; Public open space; Urban design; Walking

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INTEGRATION;

NEIGHBORHOODS; PROXIMITY; PUBLIC OPEN SPACES; URBAN DESIGN; WALKING;

CONSERVATION;

GIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LANDSCAPE; NEIGHBORHOOD; OPEN SPACE; TOPOLOGY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

EID: 84879735802     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.020     Document Type: Article

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