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Ewing's research is mainly focused on city and transportation planning. His research articles include relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity and morbidity, [7] travel and the built environment: a synthesis [8] and characteristics, causes and effects of a sprawl: a literature review. [9]
Built Environment is a peer-reviewed academic journal focused on urban planning and related fields. It began in 1956 as Official Architecture and Planning and was renamed Built Environment in 1972. Between 1975 and 1978 it was known as Built Environment Quarterly . [ 1 ]
The Journals Division of the University of Chicago Press, in partnership with 27 learned and professional societies and associations, foundations, museums, and other not-for-profit organizations, currently publishes and distributes 81 peer-reviewed academic journal titles.
A\J: Alternatives Journal—published by the Environmental Studies Association of Canada; Annual Review of Environment and Resources—published by Annual Reviews, Inc.; eco.mont (Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management)—established by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the University of Innsbruck, and other organizations—covering mountain research in protected area
Obesity and the environment aims to look at the different environmental factors that researchers worldwide have determined cause and perpetuate obesity. Obesity is a condition in which a person's weight is higher than what is considered healthy for their height, and is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide.
Building and Environment: This international journal publishes original research papers and review articles related to building science, urban physics, and human interaction with the indoor and outdoor built environment. The journal's most cited articles cover topics such as occupant behavior in buildings, [38] green building certification ...
"Built environment" as a term was coined in the 1980s, becoming widespread in the 1990s [12] and places the concept in direct contrast to the supposedly "unbuilt" environment. [15] The term describes a wide range of fields that form an interdisciplinary concept that has been accepted as an idea since classical antiquity [ 16 ] and potentially ...
Urban geographers and urbanists [1] examine various aspects of urban life and the built environment. Scholars, activists, and the public have participated in, studied, and critiqued flows of economic and natural resources, human and non-human bodies, patterns of development and infrastructure, political and institutional activities, governance ...