Public open spaces such as parks and green spaces are key built environment elements
within neighbourhoods for encouraging a variety of physical activity behaviours. Over the …

Physical inactivity is one of the most important public health issues in the US and
internationally. Increasingly, links are being identified between various elements of the …

Accumulating evidence shows that urban greenspaces have great health benefits, but
establishing a causal relationship is difficult. It is often hypothesized that walking and …

Based on China's latest national railway network planning proposal, the connectivity and
accessibility indices of China's high-speed railway network (CHSRN) in different time …

This research measures the influence of transit-oriented development (TOD) on the San
Diego, CA, condominium market. Many view TOD as a key element in creating a less auto …

In recent years, the design (and re-design) of cities to encourage walkability has taken on
new urgency as part of a wider campaign for sustainable urban development …

While the transportation planning literature contains many examples of the calculation of
measures of accessibility for urban areas, these measures are largely restricted to motorized …

Declines in children's independent mobility are commonly attributed to parents' fear of
strangers, yet few empirical studies have investigated this relationship. We examined:(1) the …

Background Past studies of associations between measures of the built environment,
particularly street connectivity, and active transportation (AT) or leisure walking/bicycling …

Background Emerging frameworks to examine active school transportation (AST) commonly
emphasize the built environment (BE) as having an influence on travel mode decisions …