Functional brain connectivity during exposure to the scale and color of interior built environments
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DOI: 10.1002/hbm.26061
Abstract: Understanding brain activity linked to built environment exposure is important, as it may affect underlying cognitive, perceptual, and emotional processes, which have a critical influence in our daily life. As our time spent inside buildings… read more here.
Keywords: connectivity; color; brain; built environment ... See more keywords
Reclaiming public spaces: The case for the built environment as a restorative tool in neighborhoods with high levels of community violence.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22783
Abstract: Early-life exposure to neighborhood violence can negatively affect children's socioemotional development and long-term health outcomes. Community-level interventions that modify the built environment to facilitate social encounters can have a positive impact on health. An example… read more here.
Keywords: community; built environment; case; community violence ... See more keywords
Built environment influences on healthy eating and active living: The NEWPATH study
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DOI: 10.1002/oby.23352
Abstract: The Neighbourhood Environments in Waterloo: Patterns of Active Transportation and Health (NEWPATH) study examined built environment influences on travel, physical activity, food consumption, and health. This collaboration between researchers and practitioners in health and transportation… read more here.
Keywords: environment influences; newpath study; built environment; study ... See more keywords
Development of a neighborhood obesogenic built environment characteristics index for the Netherlands
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DOI: 10.1002/oby.23610
Abstract: Environmental factors that drive obesity are often studied individually, whereas obesogenic environments are likely to consist of multiple factors from food and physical activity (PA) environments. This study aimed to compose and describe a comprehensive,… read more here.
Keywords: index; neighborhood obesogenic; obesogenic built; development neighborhood ... See more keywords
Split and combine simulation extrapolation algorithm to correct geocoding coarsening of built environment exposures
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DOI: 10.1002/sim.9338
Abstract: A major challenge in studies relating built environment features to health is measurement error in exposure due to geocoding errors. Faulty geocodes in built environment data introduce errors to exposure assessments that may induce bias… read more here.
Keywords: simulation extrapolation; built environment; measurement error; environment ... See more keywords
Transcending disciplines in architecture, structural and building services engineering: a new multidisciplinary educational approach
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DOI: 10.1007/s10798-020-09645-3
Abstract: This paper reflects upon the mechanisms that enable development of curricular approaches to multidisciplinary architecture/engineering higher education. Building upon recent calls for integrated multidisciplinary building design practice, academics at UCL, industry partners and respective professional… read more here.
Keywords: engineering; building services; paper; education ... See more keywords
Spatiotemporal changes in conterminous US wildfire exposure from 1940 to 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s11069-018-3217-z
Abstract: This study utilizes fine-scale, built-environment data in conjunction with past wildfire events to assess historical spatiotemporal changes in wildfire likelihood and societal exposure to wildfires for the conterminous USA. Results indicate that conterminous US wildfire… read more here.
Keywords: wildfire likelihood; exposure; wildfire; wildfire exposure ... See more keywords
Diabetes and the Built Environment: Evidence and Policies
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DOI: 10.1007/s11892-019-1162-1
Abstract: Purpose of ReviewTo explore the relationship between the built environment and type 2 diabetes, considering both risk factors and policies to reduce risk. The built environment refers to the physical characteristics of the areas in… read more here.
Keywords: environment type; evidence; type diabetes; built environment ... See more keywords
Energy efficiency behaviour in the built environment—an assessment of current evaluation practices in the Nordic countries
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DOI: 10.1007/s12053-021-09938-z
Abstract: Behavioural change is expected to play a significant role in the transformation to a more energy efficient built environment. Despite this, current evaluation practice of interventions often overlook behavioural aspects in their ambition of advancing… read more here.
Keywords: psychology; energy efficiency; current evaluation; evaluation ... See more keywords
The Built Environment and Cognitive Disorders: Results From the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.020
Abstract: Introduction Built environment features have been related to behavior modification and might stimulate cognitive activity with a potential impact on cognitive health in later life. This study investigated cross-sectional associations between features of land use… read more here.
Keywords: built environment; cognitive impairment; land use; study ... See more keywords
Clean air in cities: Impact of the layout of buildings in urban areas on pedestrian exposure to ultrafine particles from traffic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118267
Abstract: Abstract Traffic-related pollutant concentrations are typically much higher in near-roadway microenvironments, and pedestrian and resident exposures to air pollutants can be substantially increased by the short periods of time spent on and near roadways. The… read more here.
Keywords: pollutant concentrations; air; environment; ultrafine particles ... See more keywords