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Creating a Convivial Public Realm for an Ageing Population. Being a Pedestrian and the Built Environment

Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

Transport, Travel and Later Life, Volume: 10, Pages: 129 - 137

Swansea University Author: Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1108/S2044-994120170000010005

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Active travel, such as walking and cycling, has direct physical health benefits for older people. However, there are many barriers to walking and cycling including issues with the maintenance of pavements, sharing the path with other users, lack of public seating and benches, proximity of speeding t...

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Published in: Transport, Travel and Later Life
Published: 2017
Online Access: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/S2044-994120170000010005
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