Transport and climate change: a review

L Chapman - Journal of transport geography, 2007 - Elsevier
Transport accounts for 26% of global CO2 emissions and is one of the few industrial sectors
where emissions are still growing. Car use, road freight and aviation are the principal …

Active school transport, physical activity levels and body weight of children and youth: a systematic review

GEJ Faulkner, RN Buliung, PK Flora, C Fusco - Preventive medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Active school transport (AST) may be an important source of children's
physical activity (PA). Innovative solutions that increase PA time for children, without putting …

Green identity, green living? The role of pro-environmental self-identity in determining consistency across diverse pro-environmental behaviours

L Whitmarsh, S O'Neill - Journal of environmental psychology, 2010 - Elsevier
Policy-makers are interested in cost-effective and socially acceptable ways of encouraging
the public to adopt more environmentally-friendly lifestyles. One area which UK policy …

To walk or not to walk? The hierarchy of walking needs

MA Alfonzo - Environment and behavior, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The multitude of quality of life problems associated with declining walking rates has impelled
researchers from various disciplines to identify factors related to this behavior change …

Behavioural responses to climate change: Asymmetry of intentions and impacts

L Whitmarsh - Journal of environmental psychology, 2009 - Elsevier
In seeking to determine whether climate change mitigation strategies are effective,
researchers and policy-makers typically use energy consumption as an indicator. UK …

Active transportation to school: trends among US schoolchildren, 1969–2001

NC McDonald - American journal of preventive medicine, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Rising rates of overweight children have focused attention on walking and
biking to school as a means to increase children's physical activity levels. Despite this …

Physical activity of children: a global matrix of grades comparing 15 countries

MS Tremblay, CE Gray, K Akinroye… - … of physical activity …, 2014 - journals.humankinetics.com
The Active Healthy Kids Canada (AHKC) Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and
Youth has been effective in powering the movement to get kids moving by influencing …

What's in a name? Commonalities and differences in public understanding of “climate change” and “global warming”

L Whitmarsh - Public understanding of science, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper reports on findings from a survey of public understanding of climate change and
global warming amongst residents in the south of England. Whereas much previous …

[BOOK][B] Physical activity and health: the evidence explained

AE Hardman, DJ Stensel - 2009 - taylorfrancis.com
Physical Activity and Health explains clearly, systematically and in detail the relationships
between physical activity, health and disease, and examines the benefits of exercise in the …

Secular trends in the performance of children and adolescents (1980–2000) an analysis of 55 studies of the 20m shuttle run test in 11 countries

GR Tomkinson, LA Léger, TS Olds, G Cazorla - Sports Medicine, 2003 - Springer
It is widely believed that the performance of children and adolescents on aerobic fitness
tests is declining. To test this hypothesis, this meta-analysis compared the results of 55 …