The effect of changing micro-scale physical environmental factors on an environment's invitingness for transportation cycling in adults: An exploratory study using manipulated photographs

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mertens, Lieze ^a,b,c   Van Holle, Veerle ^a,c   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b   Salmon, Jo ^d   Nasar, Jack ^e   Van de Weghe, Nico ^f   Van Dyck, Delfien ^a,c   Van Cauwenberg, Jelle ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Biking; Built environment; Experiment; Physical activity; Pictures; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL UPKEEP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SPEED BUMP; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VEGETATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

BICYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84910026655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-014-0088-x     Document Type: Article

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