this paper will discuss some new implications of whitehead’s philosophy for environmental thought.[i] they fall under three headings: 1. the interrelations between three ways of thinking about the environment: bioregionalism, land ethics, and the philosophy of organism.  2.  the implications of whitehead’s philosophy of organism for environmental aesthetics.  3.  the implications of whitehead’s...

Favorable perceptions of the built and social neighborhood environment may promote outdoor physical activity (PA). However, little is known about their independent and interactive effects on neighborhood-specific outdoor PA. We examined associations of perceived built and social neighborhood environment factors, and their interactions, with objectively-measured neighborhood outdoor moderate-to-...

BACKGROUND Women living in socio-economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods are at increased risk for physical inactivity and associated health outcomes and are difficult to reach through personally tailored interventions. Targeting the built environment may be an effective strategy in this population subgroup. The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of environmental perceptions ...

BACKGROUND Television (TV) viewing, a prevalent leisure-time sedentary behaviour independently related to negative health outcomes, appears to be higher in less educated and older adults. In order to tackle the social inequalities, evidence is needed about the underlying mechanisms of the association between education and TV viewing. The present purpose was to examine the potential mediating ro...

This paper aims to map and highlight the diverse heritage of Pragmatism in aesthetics. It argues that pragmatist aesthetics represents an interesting third way doing beyond analytic philosophy art continental offers a first, provisional sketch existing research trends aesthetics, such as somaesthetics, environmental everyday social Furthermore, it identifies some “family resemblances” connectin...

BACKGROUND Preliminary evidence suggests that the physical environment and transportation are associated with youth physical activity levels. Only a few studies have examined the association of physical environmental factors on walking and bicycling to school. Therefore, the purpose of this study was (1) to examine the test-retest reliability of a survey designed for youth to assess perceptions...

BACKGROUND Enhancing community environments to support walking and bicycling serves as a promising approach to increase population levels of physical activity. However, few studies have simultaneously assessed perceptions and objectively measured environmental factors and their relative association with transportation or recreational physical activity. METHODS For this cross-sectional study, ...