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Activity-Friendly Built Environments in a Super-Aged Society, Japan: Current Challenges and toward a Research Agenda

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  • Mohammad Javad Koohsari

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan
    Behavioural Epidemiology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne 3004, Australia
    Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne 3000, Australia)

  • Tomoki Nakaya

    (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai City 980-0845, Japan)

  • Koichiro Oka

    (Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama 359-1192, Japan)

Abstract

There is a growing recognition of the role of built environment attributes, such as streets, shops, greenways, parks, and public transportation stations, in supporting people’s active behaviors. In particular, surrounding built environments may have an important role in supporting healthy active aging. Nevertheless, little is known about how built environments may influence active lifestyles in “super-aged societies”. More robust evidence-based research is needed to identify how where people live influences their active behaviors, and how to build beneficial space in the context of super-aged societies. This evidence will also be informative for the broader international context, where having an aging society will be the inevitable future. This commentary sought to move this research agenda forward by identifying key research issues and challenges in examining the role of built environment attributes on active behaviors in Japan, which is experiencing the longest healthy life expectancy, but rapid “super-aging”, with the highest proportion of old adults among its population in the world.

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  • Mohammad Javad Koohsari & Tomoki Nakaya & Koichiro Oka, 2018. "Activity-Friendly Built Environments in a Super-Aged Society, Japan: Current Challenges and toward a Research Agenda," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-9, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:9:p:2054-:d:170875
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    1. Kimihiro Hino & Ayako Taniguchi & Masamichi Hanazato & Daisuke Takagi, 2019. "Modal Shift from Cars and Promotion of Walking by Providing Pedometers in Yokohama City, Japan," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-14, June.
    2. Kaniz Fatima & Sara Moridpour & Tayebeh Saghapour, 2022. "Measuring Neighbourhood Walking Access for Older Adults," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-21, October.
    3. Takafumi Abe & Kenta Okuyama & Tsuyoshi Hamano & Miwako Takeda & Masayuki Yamasaki & Minoru Isomura & Kunihiko Nakano & Kristina Sundquist & Toru Nabika, 2021. "Assessing the Impact of a Hilly Environment on Depressive Symptoms among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-11, April.
    4. Dong Eun Kim & Hee-Sook Lim & Hyejin Ahn & Young Sun Kim & Yoo Kyoung Park, 2020. "Sex Differences in the Association between Living Environmental Factors and Nutritional Status in Community-Dwelling Elderly Koreans," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(17), pages 1-14, August.
    5. Eun Jung Kim & Jiyeong Kim & Hyunjung Kim, 2020. "Does Environmental Walkability Matter? The Role of Walkable Environment in Active Commuting," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(4), pages 1-17, February.

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