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2. Reasons for Physical Activity <br /> Urban Design <br /> Underlying theory.Walking increases with supportive physical <br /> features <br /> Several schools:e g New urbanists,traits and park proponents <br /> Researchers crime and public space.Propose that <br /> Walking Increases with more complex,varied environments,with <br /> physical dimensions and movement speeds sealed to the human <br /> body,and with activity(critical mass) <br /> Overall those in architecture,landscape architecture,physical <br /> planning focus on cultivating sensitivity to place;not data driven <br /> 2. Reasons for Physical Activity <br /> Physical Activity <br /> • Commonly propose that physical activity occurs In some <br /> environment,environmental characteristics(physical and <br /> social)will Influence physical activity behavior <br /> It is only recently that physical environmental characteristics <br /> have been included in studies to predict physical activity <br /> Until recently environment meant the social environment,the <br /> food environment... Physical activity researchers are often <br /> very active people <br /> Different Views of the Same Place <br /> Transportation:Disincentives to driving <br /> Urban design.Dynamic,complex environment(Jane Jacobs) <br /> Physical activity Social/physical supports and constraints <br /> Why this matters .because of different solutions <br /> .r.«ate......, <br /> 4 <br />