Community design, street networks, and public health

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 326-340

  Marshall, Wesley E ^a   Piatkowski, Daniel P ^b   Garrick, Norman W ^c  

^a University of Colorado at Denver   (United States)

^b SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; Physical activity; Public health; Street networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919351561     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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