The ‘constant size neighbourhood trap’ in accessibility and health studies

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 338-357

  Vallée, Julie ^a,b   Le Roux, Guillaume ^c   Chaix, Basile ^d   Kestens, Yan ^b   Chauvin, Pierre ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d INSTITUT PIERRE LOUIS D EPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

health geography; neighbourhood effects; perceived neighbourhood; resources accessibility; urban inequalities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE DE PARIS;

EID: 84920518138     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014528393     Document Type: Article

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