BACKGROUND The neighborhood environment may play a role in encouraging sedentary patterns, especially for middle-aged and older adults. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the associations between walking and neighborhood population density, retail availability, and land-use distribution using data from a cohort of adults aged 45 to 84 years. METHODS Data from a multi-ethnic sample...

assessment of soil quality is one of the most useful tools for evaluation the soil management condition and different land uses. quantity indices of soil quality are most suitable methods for determination and comparison of soils quality. in this study soil quality indices and selection methods of effective soil properties were compared for evaluating the soil quality in different land uses. se...

BACKGROUND Although researchers have explored associations between mixed-use development and physical activity, few have examined the influence of specific land uses. PURPOSE This study analyzes how the accessibility, intensity, and diversity of nonresidential land uses are related to walking for transportation. METHODS Multinomial logistic regression was used to investigate associations be...

The main purpose of this paper is to explain the factors affecting the change of service land uses in the city of Shiraz and identify its reasons. For this purpose, the second-order confirmatory factor analysis technique has been used as one of the structural equation modeling techniques to determine the severity of the effect of the four factors on land use change, through which a contributing...

Urban areas present an intense mixture of economic activities and extend over a vast territory. Conventionaly, land uses were classified according to a set of criteria in a dichotomous belong or does not belong perspective. However, the association of a spatial entity to a type of land use is not absolute, but to be expressed as a possibility, notably if we are investigating a spatial system at...

using of different systems of soil plough after changing unconsciously and non-scientific of land use, other soil physical and chemical characteristics affected. this fact, especially in marginal lands and mountainous regions is more visible. this research compared with the purpose of studying land use changing on some soil physical and chemical characters like very tiny sand percent, ph, ec, c...