@article{5788099b9ae44036aa09fdd5d40abb29,
title = "The Design Challenges for Dog Ownership and Dog Walking in Dense Urban Areas: The Case of Japan",
abstract = "There has been growing interest in the role of pet ownership, particularly dog ownership, in managing noncommunicable diseases. The built environment can act as a facilitator or barrier to owning a dog or dog walking. Nevertheless, limited studies conducted in different geographical contexts have examined how the built environment can influence dog ownership and dog walking. In this interdisciplinary article, using Japan as a case study, we identify key design challenges to owning and walking dogs in dense urban areas as a means of promoting health and wellbeing.",
keywords = "Asia, cities, evidence-based design, healthy aging, high density, pets, public health, urban design",
author = "Koohsari, {Mohammad Javad} and Akitomo Yasunaga and McCormack, {Gavin R.} and Tomoki Nakaya and Yukari Nagai and Koichiro Oka",
note = "Funding Information: TN was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI (#20H00040). GRM is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundations Scheme Grant (FDN-154331). KO is supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 20H04113) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2022 Koohsari, Yasunaga, McCormack, Nakaya, Nagai and Oka.",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "29",
doi = "10.3389/fpubh.2022.904122",
language = "English",
volume = "10",
journal = "Frontiers in Public Health",
issn = "2296-2565",
publisher = "Frontiers Media S. A.",
}