Location or design? Associations between neighbourhood location, built environment and walking

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1434-1453

  Cho, Gi Hyoug ^a   Rodriguez, Daniel ^b  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

neighbourhood location; obesity; physical activity; transport; walking

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL POLICY; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 84929074126     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014537691     Document Type: Article

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