Prelims
ISBN: 978-1-78714-628-0, eISBN: 978-1-78714-627-3
ISSN: 2044-9941
Publication date: 16 June 2017
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(2017), "Prelims", Walking (Transport and Sustainability, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-xiv. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120170000009001
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Walking: Connecting Sustainable Transport with Health
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Transport and Sustainability
Series Editors: Stephen Ison and Jon Shaw
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| Volume 3: | Sustainable Transport for Chinese Cities |
| Volume 4: | Sustainable Aviation Futures |
| Volume 5: | Parking Issues and Policies |
| Volume 6: | Sustainable Logistics |
| Volume 7: | Sustainable Urban Transport |
| Volume 8: | Paratransit: Shaping the Flexible Transport Future |
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Transport and Sustainability Volume 9
WALKING: CONNECTING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT WITH HEALTH
EDITED BY
CORINNE MULLEY
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
KLAUS GEBEL
Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
DING DING
University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China
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Dedication
To our parents whose nurture over the years has allowed us to undertake this task.
List of Contributors
| Arlie Adkins | School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Erin D. Bouldin | Department of Health and Exercise Science, Beaver College of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, North Carolina, USA |
| Hayley E. Christian | School of Population and Global Health and Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia |
| Diana P. Díaz | School of Medicine, Group of Epidemiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Ding Ding | Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Yochai Eisenberg | Institute on Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Kelly R. Evenson | Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
| Reid Ewing | Department of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
| Mailin Gaupp-Berghausen | Institute for Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria |
| Klaus Gebel | School of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia |
| Nancy Gell | Department of Rehabilitation and Movement Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA |
| Silvia A. González | School of Medicine, Group of Epidemiology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Chinh Ho | Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Sandy James | Walk Metro Vancouver, Canadian Institute of Planning, Vancouver, Canada |
| Petra Jens | Mobility Agency Vienna, City of Vienna, Austria |
| Paul Kelly | Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK |
| Jacky Kennedy | Canada Walks, Green Communities Canada, Toronto, Canada |
| Jennifer L. Kent | Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Abby C. King | Departments of Health Research and Policy and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA |
| Robert Korycinski | Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| Sonia Lavadinho | Bfluid Research, Geneva, Switzerland; Transportation Center (TraCE), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Pablo D. Lemoine | Centro Nacional de Consultoría, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Todd Litman | Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Victoria, Canada |
| Clover Maitland | Health Promotion Evaluation Unit, School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia |
| George Mammen | Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Toronto, Canada |
| Gavin R. McCormack | Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada |
| Peter McCue | NSW Premier’s Council for Active Living (PCAL), Sydney, Australia |
| Dafna Merom | School of Science and Health, Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia |
| Sergio Montero | Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios sobre Desarrollo (Cider), Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia |
| Corinne Mulley | Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Marie Murphy | School of Health Science, University of Ulster, Newtownabbey, UK |
| Nanette Mutrie | Physical Activity for Health Research Centre (PAHRC), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK |
| Sunghoon Oh | Architecture and Urban Research Institute, Sejongsi, Korea |
| Diana C. Parra | Program in Physical Therapy, Institute of Public Health, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Carlos Pedraza | Group of Epidemiology at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia; Department of Radiology at the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia |
| William Riggs | City and Regional Planning, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA |
| Dori Rosenberg | Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA |
| Liza S. Rovniak | Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA |
| Olga L. Sarmiento | School of Medicine, Group of Epidemiology at the Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Ruth L. Steiner | Center for Health and the Built Environment and School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA |
| Philip Stoker | College of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
| Miles Tight | School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
| Camilo A. Triana | School of Medicine, Group of Epidemiology, Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia |
| Wiebke Unbehaun | Institute for Transport Studies, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria |
- Prelims
- Introduction
- Section 1 Walking: its Prevalence, its Benefits and its Variety
- Measurement of Walking
- Understanding the Determinants of Walking as the Basis for Social Marketing Public Health Messaging
- The Health Benefits of Walking
- Economic Value of Walking
- Walking to and from School
- Dog Walking
- Section 2 Environments and Walking
- The Built Environment and Walking
- Public Transport Infrastructure and Walking: Gearing Towards the Multimodal City
- Planning Walking Environments for People with Disabilities and Older Adults
- Pedestrian Safety and Public Health
- Section 3 Public Policy for Walking
- Walking Policy Steps – The Policy Development Process for the First State Walking Target in New South Wales, Australia
- Developing Sustainable Walking Interventions: Integrating Behavioural, Ecological and Systems Science to Promote Population Health
- Promotion of Recreational Walking: Case Study of the Ciclovía-Recreativa of Bogotá
- Section 4 Case Studies
- Vancouver and the Walker: The Evolution of the Walkable City
- Walking in Vienna: Smoothing the Way for Creating a New Urban Lifestyle
- Walking for Transportation and TransMilenio in Bogotá: Strengths and Shortcomings
- Retrofitting Traditional Streets for Shared Uses: The ‘Pedestrian Priority Street’ in Seoul
- Section 5 Into the Future
- The Future of Walking?
- About the Authors
- Index