@article{cb0fa4860ce64d74bc8eae09652fe51c,
title = "Associations of street layout with walking and sedentary behaviors in an urban and a rural area of Japan",
abstract = "We examined whether street layout —a key urban design element— is associated with walking and sedentary behaviors in the context of a non-Western country; and, whether such associations differ between an urban and a rural area. In 2011, 1076 middle-to-older aged adults living in an urban and a rural area of Japan reported their walking and sedentary (sitting) behaviors. Two objective measures of street layout (intersection density and street integration) were calculated. Participants exposed to more-connected street layouts were more likely to walk for commuting and for errands, to meet physical activity recommendations through walking for commuting, and less likely to drive. These relationships differed between the urban and the rural area. This shows that previous findings from Western countries on associations of street connectivity with travel behaviors may also be applicable to Japan.",
keywords = "Active travel, Asia, Connectivity, Neighborhood, Urban design",
author = "Koohsari, {Mohammad Javad} and Takemi Sugiyama and Ai Shibata and Kaori Ishii and Yung Liao and Tomoya Hanibuchi and Neville Owen and Koichiro Oka",
note = "Funding Information: Koohsari was supported by a Postdoctoral Fellowship (#100878) from the National Heart Foundation of Australia and a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grant [#569940]. Owen was supported by an NHMRC Program Grant [#569940] and a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship [#1003960]. Koohsari and Owen were supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Oka is supported by the MEXT-Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities, 2015-2019 the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (S1511017). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2017",
month = may,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.03.003",
language = "English",
volume = "45",
pages = "64--69",
journal = "Health and Place",
issn = "1353-8292",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}