Robert W Marans
Biographic Data
| ID | 4264498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Marans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Marans |
| SIGNATURE | MARANS R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 141 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The city and quality of life , by Peter Karl Kresl
"The city and quality of life, by Peter Karl Kresl." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Quality of urban life & environmental sustainability studies
Designing Healthy Neighborhoods
Detroit is a city with low-density housing and a high proportion of lower-socioeconomic-status multiethnic residents. Physical activity tends to be lower in low- to moderate-income urban communities. To understand the design components of healthy neighborhoods, interrelationships between built environment characteristics and walking behavior were studied for three neighborhoods. Results suggest that as independent predictors, higher density and m…
Toward the Integration of Theory, Methods, Research, and Utilization
Independent and Joint Associations between Multiple Measures of the Built and Social Environment and Physical Activity in a Multi-Ethnic Urban Community
Investigating Quality of Urban Life
Different Types of Open Spaces and Their Importance to Exurban Homeowners
Exurban residential settings are relevant for understanding how societal desires for open space impact landscapes and their ecosystem services. In a 2005 image-based web survey of 468 exurban homeowners in southeast Michigan, we investigated how exurban home-buying choices may be related to having open space nearby, and we measured homeowners’ relative preferences for seven different types of open spaces characterized by different ecosystem servi…
Life Cycle and Environmental Factors in Selecting Residential and Job Locations
Home and workplace location choices are closely related. The determinants of these choices operate differently based on an individual's life cycle, particularly with regard to the presence or absence of children. Individuals with children often place value on greenspace and recreational opportunities, while those without children often prefer smaller residential lots and locations with access to services. Existing studies have found that if resid…
Understanding environmental quality through quality of life studies
Fish consumption and the elderly
This article discusses literature and an empirical study in Michigan related to the possibility that the elderly may be a group within the general population of sport anglers that needs special attention in fish consumption advisories. Levels offish consumption by the elderly (reviewed from literature) were not found to be conclusively determined. There is strong research support for the hypothesis that prescription drug chemicals are retained an…
Integrative Planning Workshops
This paper contributes to the contin uing debate on the usefulness and role of student workshops in plan ning curriculum. It traces the devel opment of, and systematically evalu ates a course introduced at the University of Michigan in early 1988 which focused on providing techni cal assistance to a neighborhood or ganization located in Detroit's inner city. In evaluating the course, gen eral issues raised in the literature on student workshops a…
Comparing two global measures of perceived neighborhood quality
Restrictive rental practices and their impact on families
Residential Density and Neighbor Interaction
At least since Wirth, social scientists have debated the effects of urbanization on social life. More recently, research has focused on the relationship between residential density and social interaction. We argue that the effects of external density on neighbor socializing are likely to depend upon other aspects of the local neighbor hood environment. Using data from a national sample survey we show, in particular, that density affects neighbori…
Objective and subjective indicators
The Quality of Nonmetropolitan Living
Comparing two global measures of perceived neighborhood quality
Life Cycle and Environmental Factors in Selecting Residential and Job Locations
Home and workplace location choices are closely related. The determinants of these choices operate differently based on an individual's life cycle, particularly with regard to the presence or absence of children. Individuals with children often place value on greenspace and recreational opportunities, while those without children often prefer smaller residential lots and locations with access to services. Existing studies have found that if resid…
Quality of urban life & environmental sustainability studies
Objective and subjective indicators
Designing Healthy Neighborhoods
Detroit is a city with low-density housing and a high proportion of lower-socioeconomic-status multiethnic residents. Physical activity tends to be lower in low- to moderate-income urban communities. To understand the design components of healthy neighborhoods, interrelationships between built environment characteristics and walking behavior were studied for three neighborhoods. Results suggest that as independent predictors, higher density and m…
Integrative Planning Workshops
This paper contributes to the contin uing debate on the usefulness and role of student workshops in plan ning curriculum. It traces the devel opment of, and systematically evalu ates a course introduced at the University of Michigan in early 1988 which focused on providing techni cal assistance to a neighborhood or ganization located in Detroit's inner city. In evaluating the course, gen eral issues raised in the literature on student workshops a…
Independent and Joint Associations between Multiple Measures of the Built and Social Environment and Physical Activity in a Multi-Ethnic Urban Community
Restrictive rental practices and their impact on families
Different Types of Open Spaces and Their Importance to Exurban Homeowners
Exurban residential settings are relevant for understanding how societal desires for open space impact landscapes and their ecosystem services. In a 2005 image-based web survey of 468 exurban homeowners in southeast Michigan, we investigated how exurban home-buying choices may be related to having open space nearby, and we measured homeowners’ relative preferences for seven different types of open spaces characterized by different ecosystem servi…
Residential Density and Neighbor Interaction
At least since Wirth, social scientists have debated the effects of urbanization on social life. More recently, research has focused on the relationship between residential density and social interaction. We argue that the effects of external density on neighbor socializing are likely to depend upon other aspects of the local neighbor hood environment. Using data from a national sample survey we show, in particular, that density affects neighbori…
The Quality of Nonmetropolitan Living
Residential Density and Neighbor Interaction
At least since Wirth, social scientists have debated the effects of urbanization on social life. More recently, research has focused on the relationship between residential density and social interaction. We argue that the effects of external density on neighbor socializing are likely to depend upon other aspects of the local neighbor hood environment. Using data from a national sample survey we show, in particular, that density affects neighbori…
Objective and subjective indicators
Restrictive rental practices and their impact on families
Comparing two global measures of perceived neighborhood quality
Integrative Planning Workshops
This paper contributes to the contin uing debate on the usefulness and role of student workshops in plan ning curriculum. It traces the devel opment of, and systematically evalu ates a course introduced at the University of Michigan in early 1988 which focused on providing techni cal assistance to a neighborhood or ganization located in Detroit's inner city. In evaluating the course, gen eral issues raised in the literature on student workshops a…
Fish consumption and the elderly
This article discusses literature and an empirical study in Michigan related to the possibility that the elderly may be a group within the general population of sport anglers that needs special attention in fish consumption advisories. Levels offish consumption by the elderly (reviewed from literature) were not found to be conclusively determined. There is strong research support for the hypothesis that prescription drug chemicals are retained an…
Understanding environmental quality through quality of life studies
Life Cycle and Environmental Factors in Selecting Residential and Job Locations
Home and workplace location choices are closely related. The determinants of these choices operate differently based on an individual's life cycle, particularly with regard to the presence or absence of children. Individuals with children often place value on greenspace and recreational opportunities, while those without children often prefer smaller residential lots and locations with access to services. Existing studies have found that if resid…
Investigating Quality of Urban Life
Different Types of Open Spaces and Their Importance to Exurban Homeowners
Exurban residential settings are relevant for understanding how societal desires for open space impact landscapes and their ecosystem services. In a 2005 image-based web survey of 468 exurban homeowners in southeast Michigan, we investigated how exurban home-buying choices may be related to having open space nearby, and we measured homeowners’ relative preferences for seven different types of open spaces characterized by different ecosystem servi…
Toward the Integration of Theory, Methods, Research, and Utilization
Independent and Joint Associations between Multiple Measures of the Built and Social Environment and Physical Activity in a Multi-Ethnic Urban Community
Designing Healthy Neighborhoods
Detroit is a city with low-density housing and a high proportion of lower-socioeconomic-status multiethnic residents. Physical activity tends to be lower in low- to moderate-income urban communities. To understand the design components of healthy neighborhoods, interrelationships between built environment characteristics and walking behavior were studied for three neighborhoods. Results suggest that as independent predictors, higher density and m…
Quality of urban life & environmental sustainability studies
The city and quality of life , by Peter Karl Kresl
"The city and quality of life, by Peter Karl Kresl." Journal of Urban Affairs, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Geography (11 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Place Attachment and Urban Studies (5 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (5 works)