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Car Dependency and Urban Form

Urban Planning, 2023
In this editorial of the thematic issue on car dependency and urban form, we provide a concise bibliometric overview that examines the prevalence of the concept of car dependency in relation to the built environment.
Kobe Boussauw, Enrica Papa, Koos Fransen
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How urban form impacts flooding [PDF]

Nature Communications
Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being.
Sarah K. Balaian, Brett F. Sanders, Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi   +2 more
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Does improving stop amenities help increase Bus Rapid Transit ridership? Findings based on a quasi-experiment

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2021
Amenities at bus stops are thought to affect transit ridership, yet this relationship is rarely quantified. We assembled data on ridership and stop amenities, including Real-Time Information System (RTIS), shelters, lighting, litter receptacles, benches,
Xiao Shi, Anne Vernez Moudon, Philip M. Hurvitz, Stephen J. Mooney, Chuan Zhou, Brian E. Saelens   +5 more
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Cross-sectional associations between neighbourhood walkability and objective physical activity levels in identical twins

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives Physical activity is a cornerstone of chronic disease prevention and treatment, yet most US adults do not perform levels recommended for health. The neighborhood–built environment (BE) may support or hinder physical activity levels. This study
Glen E Duncan, Anne Vernez-Moudon, Siny Tsang, Ally A Avery, Philip Hurvitz   +4 more
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Exploring the impact of explicit and implicit urban form on carbon emissions: Evidence from Beijing, China

Ecological Indicators, 2023
Urban form (UF) is an important factor influencing carbon emissions (CE), and it is necessary to fully understand the complex relationship between different UF and CE.
Yang Zheng, Linlin Cheng, Yifang Wang, Junqi Wang   +3 more
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Elements of Urban Form [PDF]

, 2008
This chapter provides a common platform for the research presented in this book and is divided into two parts. The first section examines the elements of urban form identified for the purposes of the research and explains how they were measured. The second section profiles the five case study cities and fifteen case neighbourhoods which were the focus ...
Dempsey, Nicola, Brown, Caroline, Raman, Shibu, Porta, Sergio, Jenks, Mike, Jones, Colin, Bramley, Glen   +6 more
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Capturing fine-scale travel behaviors: a comparative analysis between personal activity location measurement system (PALMS) and travel diary

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2018
Background Device-collected data from GPS and accelerometers for identifying active travel behaviors have dramatically changed research methods in transportation planning and public health.
Mingyu Kang, Anne V. Moudon, Philip M. Hurvitz, Brian E. Saelens   +3 more
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Identifying Physical - Spatial Growth Pattern of Metropolises of Iran (Case Study: Mashhad, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tabriz) [PDF]

جغرافیای اجتماعی شهری, 2015
The fundamental issues to achieve sustainable urban development is to identify a framework of city in an attempt to achieve the desired urban form. In this regard, urban planning’s theorists placed the category of sustainable city in the heart of compact
Yones Gholami, Salman hayati, Mohammed Ghanbari   +2 more
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Obesity, diet quality, physical activity, and the built environment: the need for behavioral pathways

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background The built environment (BE) is said to influence local obesity rates. Few studies have explored causal pathways between home-neighborhood BE variables and health outcomes such as obesity.
Adam Drewnowski, Anju Aggarwal, Wesley Tang, Philip M. Hurvitz, Jason Scully, Orion Stewart, Anne Vernez Moudon   +6 more
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The strength of the urban form [PDF]

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 2011
Cities with more than 75% of consumption and 85% of global CO2 emissions are a major problem in our country. The continuous process of urbanization highlights the human need of city and denounces the need to transform the urban settlement from a weak to a strong future sustainability.
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