How many walking and cycling trips made by elderly are beyond commonly used buffer sizes: Results from a GPS study

Health and Place

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-133

  Prins, R G ^a   Pierik, F ^b   Etman, A ^c   Sterkenburg, R P ^b   Kamphuis, C B M ^c   van Lenthe, F J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active transport; Buffer; Demographic differences; Distance; GIS

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ELDERLY POPULATION; GIS; GPS; NEIGHBORHOOD; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BUFFER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 84896869753     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.01.012     Document Type: Article

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