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Is “Walkability” A Useful Concept for Gerontology?

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Pages 241-254 | Published online: 11 Apr 2013

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Zhenhua Zheng, Hong Chen & Junling Gao. (2021) Age Differences in the Influence of Residential Environment and Behavior on the Life Quality of Older Adults: The Transfer from Physical-Environment to Social-Behavior. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:3, pages 895.
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Zhenhua Zheng, Junling Gao & Ye Yang. (2020) The Enigma of Gender Differences in an Environment-Behavior-Health Model of Elderly People: The Choice Between Individually and Sociality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:10, pages 3483.
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Zhenhua Zheng & Liu Yang. (2019) Neighborhood Environment, Lifestyle, and Health of Older Adults: Comparison of Age Groups Based on Ecological Model of Aging. Sustainability 11:7, pages 2077.
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Aateka Shashank & Nadine Schuurman. (2019) Unpacking walkability indices and their inherent assumptions. Health & Place 55, pages 145-154.
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Hiroyuki Kikuchi, Tomoki Nakaya, Tomoya Hanibuchi, Noritoshi Fukushima, Shiho Amagasa, Koichiro Oka, James Sallis & Shigeru Inoue. (2018) Objectively Measured Neighborhood Walkability and Change in Physical Activity in Older Japanese Adults: A Five-Year Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15:9, pages 1814.
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Yi Wang, Yu-Chih Chen, Huei-Wern Shen & Nancy Morrow-Howell. (2018) Neighborhood and Depressive Symptoms: A Comparison of Rural and Urban Chinese Older Adults. The Gerontologist 58:1, pages 68-78.
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P. Jia, X. Cheng, H. Xue & Y. Wang. (2017) Applications of geographic information systems (GIS) data and methods in obesity‐related research. Obesity Reviews 18:4, pages 400-411.
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François Raulin, Sébastien Lord & Paula Negron-Poblete. (2016) Évaluation de la marchabilité de trois environnements urbains de la région métropolitaine montréalaise à partir de l’outil MAPPA. VertigO:Volume 16 Numéro 2.
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