Validity of Walk Score® as a measure of neighborhood walkability in Japan
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Validity of Walk Score® as a measure of neighborhood walkability in Japan
Objective measures of environmental attributes have been used to understand how neighborhood environments relate to physical activity. However, this method relies on detailed spatial data, which are often not easily available. Walk Score® is a free, publicly available web-based tool that shows how walkable a given location is based on objectively-derived proximity to several types of local dest...
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عنوان ژورنال: Preventive Medicine Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2211-3355
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.01.001