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Recent work has identified growing geographical inequalities in health between deprived and nondeprived areas in a number of countries. Despite the plethora of studies monitoring these trends, the explanations for this growing spatial divide remain unclear. This lack of clarity has been a...
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This paper asks how the material differences between suburban neighbourhoods influence parents’ experience of place and their everyday practices of parenting. Building on a view of place as ‘becoming’, we examine how the accessibility of community amenities and the in-place production and...
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The sharp increase in obesity in recent years has prompted researchers to examine the various pathways through which urban built environments influence population-level physical activity. Walking access to everyday destinations is one such pathway. This paper describes a measure of pedestrian...
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