(Re)Designing the built environment to support physical activity: Bringing public health back into urban design and planning

Cities

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-298

  Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^a,b   Badland, Hannah ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Physical activity; Public health; Urban design and planning

Indexed keywords

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; WALKING;

EID: 84885222830     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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