In developing a disaster resilience pathway, exploring the basic underlying characteristics of given context for it to be resilient is vital. Resilient properties terminology used name that needs embedded in resilient. Built environment plays key role building societal resilience, but synthesized set built discourse lacking, which focus this chapter. A descriptive or mapping review conducted id...

Environment both endowed and built are essential for tourism. However tourism and environment maintains a complex relationship, where in most cases environment is at the receiving end. Many tourism development activities have adverse environmental effects, mainly emanating from construction of general infrastructure and tourism facilities. These negative impacts of tourism can lead to the destr...

BACKGROUND Self-reported and objectively-determined neighborhood built characteristics are associated with physical activity, yet little is known about their combined influence on walking. This study: 1) compared self-reported measures of the neighborhood built environment between objectively-determined low, medium, and high walkable neighborhoods; 2) estimated the relative associations between...