Spatial heterogeneity of the relationships between environmental characteristics and active commuting: Towards a locally varying social ecological model

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Feuillet, Thierry ^a,b   Charreire, Hélène ^a,b   Menai, Mehdi ^a   Salze, Paul ^c   Simon, Chantal ^d   Dugas, Julien ^d   Hercberg, Serge ^a   Andreeva, Valentina A ^a   Enaux, Christophe ^c   Weber, Christiane ^c   Oppert, Jean Michel ^a,e  

^a University of Paris 13 Equipe de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d CarMeN   (France)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Cycling; Geographically weighted regression; Spatial non stationarity; Walking

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GIS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPATIAL DATA; TARGETING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; WALKING; ;

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928031271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12942-015-0002-z     Document Type: Article

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