This study examines the outcome of shopping center development as reflected in their built forms. Specifically, this research explores if the design attributes of the shopping centers are related to their economic and walkability characteristics. This is a cross-sectional study focusing on 19 neighborhood shopping centers in Houston, TX, each with a supermarket chain store. It assessed design a...

BACKGROUND Recent data suggest that neighborhood socioeconomic environment predicts heart failure (HF) hospital readmissions. We investigated whether neighborhood deprivation predicts risk of incident HF beyond individual socioeconomic status in a low-income population. METHODS AND RESULTS Participants were 27 078 whites and blacks recruited during 2002 to 2009 in the SCCS (Southern Community...

Neighborhood characteristics have been associated with both depression and diabetes, but to date little attention has been paid to whether the association between depression and diabetes varies across different types of neighborhoods. This prospective study examined the relationship between depression, neighborhood deprivation, and risk of type 2 diabetes among 336,340 adults from a national-re...

Yoga is part of mainstream culture today, with major medical centers, community healthcare centers, and neighborhood yoga studios offering yoga as a mind-body practice to support health and healing. In the US, over 20 million individuals now practice yoga, with studios found in nearly every state. Although yoga has existed in various forms for around 2500 years, the phenomenon of “yoga for heal...

Rural areas have actually extremely varied perspectives, each the prospective of natural deposits, social sources neighborhood, in addition to innovative regional neighborhood. The variety these could be industrialized as a country community-based tourist item enhance well-being community. For this reason, research was carried out towards identity well evaluate current become utilized town Jemb...

An intra-urban hierarchy of activity centers interconnected by non-motorized and public transportation is broadly believed to be the ideal urban spatial structure for sustainable cities. However, the proper hinterland area for centers at each level lacks empirical study. Based on the concentric structure of everyday travel distances, working centers, shopping centers, and neighborhood centers a...

Neighborhoods where blacks and whites live in integrated settings alongside Hispanics and Asians represent a new phenomenon in the United States. These "global neighborhoods" have previously been identified in the nation's most diverse metropolitan centers. This study examines the full range of metropolitan areas to ask whether similar processes are occurring in other parts of the country. Is t...