This special issue explores emerging research agendas in planning. It brings together
scholars from diverse schools working on new areas of research and application in urban …

Motorised vehicle conditions have been evaluated by many researchers. In contrast, there
are very limited studies on vulnerable and non-motorised users, such as cyclists and …

Reid Ewing (ewing@ arch. utah. edu) is a professor of city and metropolitan planning at the
University of Utah, chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, and a …

This paper is concerned with the relationship between the planning of settlements and
health. It gives a brief introduction to the issues before summarising the evidence in relation …

This paper examines the relationships between the built environment—both
'neighborhood'design characteristics and relative location—and motor vehicle ownership …

Urban form–for example, sprawl versus infill development–impacts people's daily travel
patterns and annual vehicle-kilometers traveled (VKT). This paper explores how urban form …

The purpose of this study was to examine factors that influenced childhood active free play.
Participants were 13 young adults who resided in one western Canadian city. They took part …

Traditionally, static units of analysis such as administrative units are used when studying
obesity. However, using these fixed contextual units ignores environmental influences …

What research supports the view that compact, walkable, diverse (CWD) neighborhoods are
beneficial for urban residents? To make this assessment, we searched the literature to try to …

Background This systematic review identifies programs, policies, and built-environment
changes targeting prevention and control of adult obesity and evaluates their effectiveness …