Machine learning for social science: An agnostic approach

J Grimmer, ME Roberts… - Annual Review of Political …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Social scientists are now in an era of data abundance, and machine learning tools are
increasingly used to extract meaning from data sets both massive and small. We explain …

Why time poverty matters for individuals, organisations and nations

LM Giurge, AV Whillans, C West - Nature Human Behaviour, 2020‏ - nature.com
Over the last two decades, global wealth has risen. Yet material affluence has not translated
into time affluence. Most people report feeling persistently 'time poor'—like they have too …

Car free cities: Pathway to healthy urban living

MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, H Khreis - Environment international, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Background Many cities across the world are beginning to shift their mobility solution away
from the private cars and towards more environmentally friendly and citizen-focused means …

Pathways from built environment to health: A conceptual framework linking behavior and exposure-based impacts

LD Frank, N Iroz-Elardo, KE MacLeod… - Journal of Transport & …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Background and purpose A growing body of evidence documents multiple ways in which
land use and transportation investments influence health. To date, most evidence linking the …

Improving health through policies that promote active travel: a review of evidence to support integrated health impact assessment

A De Nazelle, MJ Nieuwenhuijsen, JM Antó… - Environment …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Substantial policy changes to control obesity, limit chronic disease, and
reduce air pollution emissions, including greenhouse gasses, have been recommended …

Autonomous vehicles and public health

D Rojas-Rueda… - Annual review of …, 2020‏ - acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to shape urban life and significantly modify
travel behaviors.“Autonomous technology” means technology that can drive a vehicle …

Sense of community and its relationship with walking and neighborhood design

L Wood, LD Frank, B Giles-Corti - Social science & medicine, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to examine the association between sense of community, walking,
and neighborhood design characteristics. The current study is based on a sub-sample of …

Does commuting matter to subjective well-being?

O Lorenz - Journal of transport geography, 2018‏ - Elsevier
How and why commuting contributes to our well-being is of considerable importance for
transportation policy and planning. This paper analyses the relation between commuting …

Relationship between commuting and health outcomes in a cross-sectional population survey in southern Sweden

E Hansson, K Mattisson, J Björk, PO Östergren… - BMC public health, 2011‏ - Springer
Background The need for a mobile workforce inevitably means that the length of the total
work day (working and traveling time) will increase, but the health effects of commuting have …

Understanding the pursuit of happiness in ten major cities

KM Leyden, A Goldberg… - Urban affairs review, 2011‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The pursuit of happiness has a long history as a primary political end in Western political
thought. Along with traditional economic indicators, policy makers are increasingly …