There is disproportionate risk for violence conditioned on inequities due to race,
socioeconomic status, gender, and where people live. Consequently, some communities are …

Background Spatial inequalities in health result from different exposures to health risk
factors according to the features of geographical contexts, in terms of physical environment …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND School smoking bans give officials the authority to provide a
smoke‐free environment, but enacting policies within the school walls is just one step in …

Because of the strong correlations among neighborhoods' characteristics, it is not clear
whether the associations of specific environmental exposures (eg, densities of physical …

Historically, research that has analyzed the effect of land use on travel demand has
concentrated on a few key indicators, notably, mode choice, vehicle miles traveled, and …

Urban system present dynamic systems, where many interactions take place and revealing
deeper spatial relations of the urban system and the quality of life is a necessary part of …

In this chapter I first describe core terminology, notation, and related readings for certain
core clustering and classification techniques. I then discuss the theoretical underpinnings …

Background: Studies of associations between neighborhood environments and blood
pressure (BP) have relied on imprecise characterizations of neighborhoods. This study …

Purpose Studies of associations between geographic environment and obesity have mostly
examined body mass index and focused on residential neighborhoods. We investigated …

Agir efficacement contre les inégalités géographiques face aux cancers implique une
meilleure compréhension du processus aboutissant à ces inégalités. Une méthodologie …