Factors Affecting Walkability of Neighborhoods

Healthy Neighborhoods: Walkability and Air Pollution

BACKGROUND The built environment may influence health in part through the promotion of physical activity and exposure to pollution. To date, no studies have explored interactions between neighborhood walkability and air pollution exposure. METHODS We estimated concentrations of nitric oxide (NO), a marker for direct vehicle emissions), and ozone (O(3)) and a neighborhood walkability score, fo...

Ranking and Analysis of Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Urban Neighborhoods and in the City of Mahabad

Rapid growth of urbanization and its complications in recent decades has absorbed urban planners' attention to stability and stable development issues. In this regard community which is the core stone of urban development stayed away from formal system of spatial planning, and established communities are in contrast with preserving stable development rules and principals, therefore this researc...

Identifying Measures and Indicators Affecting the Walkability of Neighborhoods with a Sustainable Neighborhood Development Approach Case Study: Chizar Neighborhood, Tehran, Iran

studying the factors affecting the habitation methods in the neighborhoods: example of oudlajan neighborhood in tehran

the neighborhood is a major factor in urbanism where habitation is characterized.in iranian traditional cities, the concept of neighborhood demonstrates the values of well-being, identity and sociability. neighborhoods can be approached into the following ways: external view that includes official boundaries, issues related to urban development and urban management. internal view that is based ...

Active living neighborhoods: is neighborhood walkability a key element for Belgian adolescents?

BACKGROUND In adult research, neighborhood walkability has been acknowledged as an important construct among the built environmental correlates of physical activity. Research into this association has only recently been extended to adolescents and the current empirical evidence is not consistent. This study investigated whether neighborhood walkability and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES...