Developing indicators of public open space to promote health and wellbeing in communities

Applied Geography

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-119

  Villanueva, Karen ^a,b   Badland, Hannah ^a   Hooper, Paula ^c   Koohsari, Mohammad Javad ^a,d   Mavoa, Suzanne ^a,e   Davern, Melanie ^a   Roberts, Rebecca ^a   Goldfeld, Sharon ^b,f   Giles Corti, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Built environment; Health; Indicators; Liveability; Policy; Public open space

Indexed keywords

LIVING STANDARD; NEIGHBORHOOD; OPEN SPACE; POLICY STRATEGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 84920940428     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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