How urban densification shapes walking behaviours in older community dwellers: a cross-sectional analysis of potential pathways of influence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population growth, population ageing, and urbanisation are major global demographic trends that call for an examination of the impact of urban densification on older adults' health-enhancing behaviours, such as walking. No studies have examined the pathways through which urban densification may affect older adults' walking. This information is key to evidence-based, health-oriented urban and transport planning. This study aimed to identify neighbourhood environment characteristics potentially responsible for the effects of neighbourhood densification on older adults' frequency and amount of transportation and recreation walking within and outside the neighbourhood.

Methods

The Active Lifestyle and the Environment in Chinese Seniors (ALECS) project collected self-r

SUBMITTER: Cerin E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7164360 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature