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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792904503321

Titolo

Walking : connecting sustainable transport with health / / edited by Corinne Mulley, Klaus Gebel, Ding Ding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78714-999-4

1-78714-627-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 pages)

Collana

Transport and Sustainability ; ; v. 9

Disciplina

796.51

Soggetti

Walking

Choice of transportation

Transportation - General

Transport planning & policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims -- Introduction -- Walking: its prevalence, its benefits and its variety -- Environments and walking -- Public policy for walking -- Case studies -- Into the future -- About the authors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book combines core chapters on different aspects of sustainable transport and health, together with case studies of particular approaches to synthesise walking and health in cities around the globe. Walking as a research area is multifaceted and this book presents chapters which synthesise the current state of research and practice, which will be of interest to readers, both academic and professional, and point to areas that will feature prominently in future research domains. Although the links between transport and health have long been recognised in the transport and health disciplines separately, it is a fairly recent phenomenon that they have been seen as a legitimate inter- and multi-disciplinary area. The areas of intersection have become more obvious with better understanding between the different disciplines with mutual and explicit understanding that great benefits come from recognising synergies between disciplinary approaches to similar problems. The connections between walking and health have



benefited from a better understanding of the contributions of different disciplines.This book exploits this multidisciplinary approach.