Browsing by Author "Forsyth, Ann"
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Adolescent Physical Activity and the Built Environment: A Latent Class Analysis Approach
McDonald, Kelsey; Hearst, Mary; Farbakhsh, Kian; Patnode, Carrie; Forsyth, Ann; Sirard, John; Lytle, Leslie (Elsevier BV, 2012)This study used latent class analysis to classify adolescent home neighborhoods (n=344) according to built environment characteristics, and tested how adolescent physical activity, sedentary behavior, and screen time differ ... -
Alternative forms of the high-technology district: corridors, clumps, cores, campuses, subdivisions, and sites
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The British new towns: lessons for the world from the new-town experiment
Forsyth, Ann; Peiser, Richard (Liverpool University Press, 2019-05)For more than a century the idea of building new towns has captured the imagination of urban planners. Britain has been a centre of both theory and practice, particularly in the early years of the planned-town idea and in ... -
Built Environment and Self-Rated Health: Comparing Young, Middle-Aged, and Older People in Chengdu, China
Lyu, Yingying; Forsyth, Ann; Worthington, Steven (SAGE Publications, 2021-01-05)Objectives: This article explores how the building-scale built environment is associated with self-rated health, examining differences in this association among younger, middle-aged, and older age groups. Features examined ... -
Commentary: Alternative Cultures in Planning Research--From Extending Scientific Frontiers to Exploring Enduring Questions
Forsyth, Ann (Sage Publications, 2012)As the planning academy has grown and evolved, it has developed different ways of doing planning research. People may (a) work at the scientific frontier, (b) investigate issues of practical relevance, (c) reflect on the ... -
Compromised or Savvy? Achievable Norms in Urban Design
Forsyth, Ann (Informa UK Limited, 2013) -
Creating a Replicable, Valid Cross-Platform Buffering Technique: The Sausage Network Buffer for Measuring Food and Physical Activity Built Environments
Forsyth, Ann; Van Riper, David; Larson, Nicole; Wall, Melanie; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne (Springer Science + Business Media, 2012)Background Obesity researchers increasingly use geographic information systems to measure exposure and access in neighborhood food and physical activity environments. This paper proposes a network buffering approach, the ... -
Cycling, the Built Environment, and Health: Results of a Midwestern Study
Forsyth, Ann; Oakes, J. Michael (Informa UK Limited, 2014) -
Defining Suburbs
Forsyth, Ann (Sage Publications, 2012)There is no consensus as to what exactly constitutes a suburb. This article examines the range of suburban definitions in terms of their structure and the topical issues that they grapple with. Suburbs have been defined ... -
Do Adolescents Who Live or Go to School Near Fast-Food Restaurants Eat More Frequently from Fast-Food Restaurants?
Forsyth, Ann; Wall, Melanie; Larson, Nicole; Story, Mary; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne (Elsevier BV, 2012)This population-based study examined whether residential or school neighborhood access to fast food restaurants is related to adolescents' eating frequency of fast food. A classroom-based survey of racially/ethnically ... -
Effect of Street Connectivity and Density on Adult BMI: Results from the Twin Cities Walking Study
McDonald, Kelsey N.; Oakes, J. Michael; Forsyth, Ann (BMJ Publishing Group, 2012)Background The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the US population has risen dramatically in recent years. To try to explain this, some studies have examined the association between the built environment and obesity ... -
Exchange between researchers and practitioners in urban planning: achievable objective or a bridge too far?/The use of academic research in planning practice: who, what, where, when and how?/Bridging research and practice through collaboration: lessons from a joint working group/Getting the relationship between researchers and practitioners working/Art and urban planning: stimulating researcher, practitioner and community engagement/Collaboration between researchers and practitioners: Political and bureaucratic issues/Investigating Research/Conclusion: Breaking down barriers through international practice?
Hurley, Joe; Lamker, Christian Wilhelm; Taylor, Elizabeth Jean; Stead, Dominic; Hellmich, Meike; Lange, Linda; Rowe, Helen; Beeck, Sonja; Phibbs, Peter; Forsyth, Ann (Informa UK Limited, 2016)Exchange between researchers and practitioners in urban planning: achievable objective or a bridge too far?/The use of academic research in planning practice: who, what, where, when and how?/Bridging research and practice ... -
Global suburbia and the transition century: Physical suburbs in the long term
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Housing, the Built Environment, and the Good Life
Molinsky, Jennifer; Forsyth, Ann (Wiley, 2018-09)At any age, the pursuit of a good life is easier in a physical environment that promotes health, supports activities important to self‐fulfillment, and facilitates connections to the larger community. In old age, the home ... -
The Influence of Urban Form and Socio-Demographics on Active Transport: A 40-Neighborhoods Study in Chengdu, China
Guan, ChengHe; Forsyth, Ann (Center for Transportation Studies, 2020-11-05)In China, a centralized planning culture has created similar neighborhoods across the country. Using a survey of 1,048 individuals conducted in 2016 in Chengdu—located in a carefully conceptualized typology of neighborhood ... -
Patterns of Obesogenic Neighborhood Features and Adolescent Weight
Wall, Melanie M.; Larson, Nicole I.; Forsyth, Ann; Van Riper, David C.; Graham, Dan J.; Story, Mary T.; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne (Elsevier BV, 2012)Background Few studies have addressed the potential influence of neighborhood characteristics on adolescent obesity risk, and findings have been inconsistent. Purpose Identify patterns among neighborhood food, physical ... -
Perceived and Police-Reported Neighborhood Crime: Linkages to Adolescent Activity Behaviors and Weight Status
Forsyth, Ann; Wall, Melanie; Choo, Tse; Larson, Nicole; Van Riper, David; Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne; Forsyth, Ann (Elsevier BV, 2015) -
Redesigning China’s superblock neighbourhoods: policies, opportunities and challenges
Kan, Har Ye; Forsyth, Ann; Rowe, Peter Grimmond (Informa UK Limited, 2017)In February 2016, China’s State Council released a set of guidelines representing a change in the country’s approach toward neighbourhood design: to move away from superblock neighbourhoods and create a finer network of ... -
The Relationship of Area-Level Sociodemographic Characteristics, Household Composition and Individual-Level Socioeconomic Status on Walking Behavior Among Adults
Hearst, Mary O.; Sirard, John R.; Forsyth, Ann; Parker, Emily D.; Klein, Elizabeth G.; Green, Christine G.; Lytle, Leslie A. (Elsevier BV, 2013)Understanding the contextual factors associated with why adults walk is important for those interested in increasing walking as a mode of transportation and leisure. This paper investigates the relationships between ... -
Reliability Testing of the Pedestrian and Bicycling Survey (PABS) Method
Forsyth, Ann; Krizek, Kevin J.; Agrawal, Asha W.; Stonebraker, Eric (Human Kinetics, 2012)Background: The Pedestrian and Bicycling Survey (PABS) is a questionnaire designed to be economical and straightforward to administer so that it can be used by local governments interested in measuring the amount and ...