Understanding Physical Activity Environmental Correlates: Increased Specificity for Ecological Models

By Billie Giles-Corti, A. Timperio, F. Bull, T. Pikora. Exercise and sport sciences reviews, 2005

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Built Environment Correlates of Walking: A Review (2008, methodology): “As encouraged by others [27], there is more focus on matching specific environmental factors to specific types of walking (transport-related or recreational) and more studies than in the past that have evaluated separately transport and recreational walking.”
In search of causality: a systematic review of the relationship between the built environment and physical activity among adults (2011, result): “Moreover, the built environment was found to be more supportive of walking and cycling compared with physical activity more generally-congru-ent with previous findings [10,24,25] and with current knowledge regarding behavior-specific environmental settings [61].”
Does Fear of Crime Discourage Walkers? A Social-Ecological Exploration of Fear As a Deterrent to Walking (2014, background): “…2006; Van Dyck, Deforche, Cardon, & Bourdeaudhuij, 2009), whereas “aesthetic” characteristics tend to promote recreational walking (Ball, Bauman, Leslie, & Owen, 2001; Cleland et al., 2008; Giles-Corti et al., 2005a; Shigematsu et al., 2009; Sugiyama et al., 2009; Velasquez, Holahan, & You, 2009).”
Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: a review of qualitative research. (2010, background): “Parks containing a variety of features and amenities may support a wider range of users (Kaczynski et al., 2008, Giles-Corti et al., 2005a).”