Walkability as a Strategy towards Inclusive Communities: Case of a Portuguese Small Town

The Physical Factors Affecting the Social Livability of Gated Communities: A Case study of Gated Communities in Tehran

Despite negative perspectives on their consequences, gated communities continue to spread in cities due to structural reasons such as globalization and economic neo-liberalism. Hence, there is a need to seek for a way of achieving a balance and make these communities livable. Due to agreement with economic market perspectives, livability principles might offer a solution for mediating the socia...

Evaluating the Quality of Life Dimensions in Marginal Urban Communities to Take Advantage of Development Stimulus Projects, Case Study: Dizaj Town of Hamedan

Political Impetus: Towards a Successful Agenda-Setting for Inclusive Health Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries; Comment on “Shaping the Health Policy Agenda: The Case of Safe Motherhood Policy in Vietnam”

Agenda-setting is a crucial step for inclusive health policies in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Enlightened by Ha et al manuscript, this commentary paper argues that ‘political impetus’ is the key to the successful agenda-setting of health policies in LMICs, though other determinants may also play the role during the process. This Vietnamese case study presents a good example fo...

Analysis of the effect of sense of place in Gated communities complexes (Case study of Ahvaz oil town)

Introduction:  Enclosed housing estates are limited-access residential areas that have recently expanded around the world. These complexes are designed to achieve the highest quality of private services and escape from urban disorder. Measuring the sense of the place could be a criterion for the successfulness of an urban or architectural complex. The sense of belonging will indicate the effic...

Lower neighbourhood walkability and longer distance to school are related to physical activity in Belgian adolescents.

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether adolescents living in a high-walkable town centre are more physically active than those living in a less-walkable suburb. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in Izegem (Belgium). Data collection took place in spring 2007. One high-walkable urban neighbourhood and one less-walkable suburban neighbourhood were selected, based on objective connectivi...