Urban physical environments are the physical settings and built environments in
neighbourhoods and cities which provide places for human activities. Evidence suggests …

Street view imagery (SVI) provides efficient access to data that can be used to research
spatial quality at the human scale. The previous reviews have mainly focused on specific …

Background The built environment is a structural determinant of health and has been shown
to influence health expenditures, behaviors, and outcomes. Traditional methods of …

The urban neighbourhood is one of the most important places for public activities and
behaviour spaces in cities, and the quantification of their environments is receiving …

We systematically reviewed the current use of Google Street View (GSV) in health research
and characterized major themes, strengths and weaknesses in order to highlight …

Adverse neighborhood conditions play an important role beyond individual characteristics.
There is increasing interest in identifying specific characteristics of the social and built …

Urban forms at human-scale, ie, urban environments that individuals can sense (eg, sight,
smell, and touch) in their daily lives, can provide unprecedented insights on a variety of …

Neighborhood attributes have been shown to influence health, but advances in
neighborhood research has been constrained by the lack of neighborhood data for many …

Background Altering micro-scale features of neighborhood walkability (eg, benches,
sidewalks, and cues of social disorganization or crime) could be a relatively cost-effective …

Background High quality built environments are important for human health and wellbeing.
Numerous studies have characterized built environment physical features and …