December 2013
Intermediate to advanced
280 pages
8h 9m
English
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Chapter 3
Healthy Transport
Russell G. Thompson
CONTENTS
3.1 Introduction 54
3.1.1 Transport and Health 54
3.1.2 Health Problems 54
3.1.3 Burden of Disease 55
3.1.4 Physical Activity 56
3.1.5 Physical Activity Guidelines 56
3.2 Active Transport 57
3.2.1 Modes 57
3.2.2 Urban Ecology 58
3.2.3 Walkability 58
3.2.4 Self-Change 60
3.2.5 Journey Planning 60
3.3 Measurement 62
3.3.1 Self-Reported Methods 62
3.3.2 Accelerometers 63
3.3.3 Global Position Systems 67
3.4 Modeling 68
3.4.1 Estimating Physical Activity Levels 68
3.4.2 Energy Balance Modeling 70
3.5 Evaluation 70
3.5.1 Benet-Cost Analysis 70
3.5.2 Multicriteria Methods 71