Street connectivity and walking for transport: Role of neighborhood destinations

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-122

  Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^a,b   Sugiyama, Takemi ^a,c   Lamb, Karen Elaine ^d,e   Villanueva, Karen ^b,d   Owen, Neville ^a,e,f,g  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Destinations; Street network; Urban design; Urban form; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WALKING FOR TRANSPORT; CITY PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MIDDLE AGED; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CITY PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903885125     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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