Designing healthy communities: creating evidence on metrics for built environment features associated with walkable neighbourhood activity centres

Designing healthy communities: creating evidence on metrics for built environment features associated with walkable neighbourhood activity centres

Abstract Background Evidence-based metrics are needed to inform urban policy to create healthy walkable communities. Most active living research has developed metrics of the environment around residential addresses, ignoring other important walking locations. Therefore, this study examined: metrics...

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Main Authors: Lucy Dubrelle Gunn, Suzanne Mavoa, Claire Boulangé, Paula Hooper, Anne Kavanagh, Billie Giles-Corti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
Subjects:
Transport walking
Planning policy
Built environment
Urban design
Neighbourhood activity/town centre
Cluster analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12966-017-0621-9

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