Table 3.
Urban design, environment & transport.
| Review | Title | Main topic | Type of review |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barton, H. (2009) | Land use planning and health and well-being | Influence of land use planning on health; this includes lifestyle choices in relation to PA, diet, mental health, income, pollution, etc. PA-related aspects include effects of the (built) environment on PA levels, active travel, and active recreation | Narrative review |
| Brown, V. et al. (2017a) | Evidence for associations between traffic calming and safety and active transport or obesity: A scoping review | Reviewing the evidence for the association between traffic calming/safety measures and PA/obesity | Scoping review |
| de Nazelle, A. et al. (2011) | Improving health through policies that promote active travel | Investigating the relationship between policy changes/environmental interventions and active travel, thus identifying effective policies/interventions | Narrative review |
| Fraser, S. & Lock, K (2011) | Cycling for transport and public health | Determining the impact of active transport “strategies” that modify the built environment on PA levels | Systematic review |
| Heath, G. et al (2006) | The effectiveness of urban design and land use and transport policies and practices to increase physical activity | Gathering systematic information on which “environmental and policy interventions” are most effective to promote PA | Systematic review |
| Christian, H. E. et al. (2017) | Transport and Sustainability: Dog Walking | Reviewing the evidence on the relationship between external factors (esp. the environment) and dog-walking, incl. “overarching” policy | Narrative review |
| Mulley, C. & Ho, C. (2017) | Understanding the determinants of walking as the basis for social marketing public health messaging | Understanding the connection of policy to promote PA and the determinants of walking, and identifying the policy levers that could be used to increase walking time | Narrative review |
| Nieuwenhuijsen, M. J. (2016) | Urban and transport planning, environmental exposures and health-new concepts, methods and tools to improve health in cities | Summarize new insights into links between built environment and health, identifying new concepts, methods and tools to inform science and policies | Unsystematic review |
| Stewart, G. et al. (2015) | What interventions increase commuter cycling? A systematic review | Identifying interventions that will increase commuter cycling, including “environmental interventions” | Systematic review |