Urban Neighbourhoods and wellbeing

Thorne, R., Fanueli, E., Wild, K., Raja, A., Witten, K., Mackie, H., Woodward, A., & Hirsch, L. (2023) ‘Everyone rides together, everyone rolls together’: exploring walking and cycling cultures in South Auckland. Mobilities, DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2023.2289441 A616

Hosking, J., Mackie, H., Macmillan, A., van der Werf, B., Smith, M., Witten, K., & Woodward, A. (2023). Effects of Te Ara Mua – Future Streets suburban street retrofit on traffic speed and volume: Controlled before-after study. Journal of Transport & Health, 30, 101601, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101601 A595

Lin, E.-Y., Witten, K., Carroll, P., Romeo, J. S., Donnellan, N., & Smith, M. (2022). The relationship between children’s third-place play, parental neighbourhood perceptions, and children’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Children's Geographies, published online Sept 27, 1-14, doi: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2121913 A580

Bishop, K., Corkery, L., Afshar, N., Aminpour, F., Brussoni, M., Carroll, P., Derr, V., Dimoulias, K., Edwards, C., Herrington, S., Johnson, J., Kreutz, A., Loebach, J., Owens, P. E., Tresize, B., Witten, K. (2022). The Impacts of COVID-19 Responses on Children, Youth and Their Environments in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia. Children, Youth and Environments, 32(1), 173-195. A550

Olin, C. V., Berghan, J., Thompson-Fawcett, M., Ivory, V., Witten, K., Howden-Chapman, P., Duncan, S., Ka'ai, T., Yates, A., O'Sullivan, K. C., Keall, M., Ombler, J., Hinckson, E. (2022). Inclusive and collective urban home spaces: The future of housing in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 3, 100080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2022.100080 A551

Keall, M., Randal, E., Abrahamse, W., Chapman, R., Shaw, C., Witten, K., Woodward, A., Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). Equity and other effects of a program facilitating and promoting active travel. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 108, 103338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103338 A549

Witten, K., Macmillan, A., Mackie, H., van der Werf, B., Smith, M., Field, A., Woodward, A., Hosking, J. (2022). Te Ara Mua – Future Streets: Can a streetscape upgrade designed to increase active travel change residents’ perceptions of neighbourhood safety? Wellbeing, Space and Society, 3, 100079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2022.100079 A552

Mackie, H., Hirsch, L., Thorne, R., Witten, K., & Field, A. (2021). Creating the Circuit Breakers: An Examination of the Sociotechnical System Factors Which Impede and Enable the Delivery of Safe and Healthy Neighbourhood Street Design in Aotearoa New Zealand. In: S. Coxon & R. Napper (Eds.), Advancing a Design Approach to Enriching Public Mobility. Intelligent Systems Reference Library (Vol. 198). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64722-3_14

Egli, V., Mandic, S., Pocock, T., Narayanan, A., Williams, L., Clark, T., Spasic, L., Wilson, A., Witten, K., & Smith, M. (2021). Understanding children's perceptions of, and priorities for, healthy neighbourhoods in Aotearoa New Zealand: study protocol for a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 11(6), e047368. A546

Lovell, S., Ergler, C., Kearns, R., Wiles, J., & Witten, K. (2021). The braided river of health geography. Social Science & Medicine, 288, 114370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114370 A545

Opit, S., Kearns, R., Witten, K., & Fergusson, E. (2021). Density in the suburbs: families with children Adapting to living in a medium density social housing development. Urban Policy and Research. doi: 10.1080/08111146.2021.1974830

Burdett, B. R., Witten, K., Willing, E., & Ameratunga, S. (2021). Inclusive access in transport policy and practice: Views of New Zealand transport practitioners. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9(4), 1593-1599 A547

Spray, J., Witten, K., Wiles, J., Anderson, A., Paul, D., Wade, J., Ameratunga, S. (2020). Inequitable mobilities: intersections of diversity with urban infrastructure influence mobility, health and wellbeing. Cities & Health, 1-15. 10.1080/23748834.2020.1827881. A519

Smith, M., Hawley, G., Mackay, L., Hosking, J., Mackie, H., Ikeda, E., Egli, V., Ellaway, A., Witten, K. (2020). Impact of changing road infrastructure on children's active travel: A multi-methods study from Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Transport & Health, 18, 100868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100868. A518

Hawley, G., Macmillan, A., Field, A., Hodgson, R., Witten, K., Kearns, R. A., McKerchar, C. (2020). The normative influence of adults on youth access: Challenges and opportunities in the context of shifts away from car-dependence. Journal of Transport & Health, 16, 100841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100841. A517

Coulson, G., Moores, J., Waa, A., Kearns, R., Witten, K., Batstone, C., Somervell, E., Olivares, G., Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Toward a Framework for Resilience Assessments: Working Across Cultures, Disciplines, and Scales in Aotearoa/New Zealand. [Conceptual Analysis]. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2(11). doi: 10.3389/frsc.2020.00011. A516

Ikeda, E., Mavoa, S., Cavadino, A., Carroll, P., Hinckson, E., Witten, K., Smith, M. (2020). Keeping kids safe for active travel to school: A mixed method examination of school policies and practices and children’s school travel behaviour. Travel Behaviour and Society, 21, 57-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2020.05.008. A515

Egli, V., Carroll, P., Donnellan, N., Mackay, L., Anderson, B., & Smith, M. (2019). Disseminating research results to kids: practical tips from the Neighbourhoods for Active Kids study. Kotuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, published online 6 June, https://doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.1172019.1621909.

Carroll, P., Witten, K., Asiasiga, L., & Lin, E.-Y. (2019). Children's Engagement as Urban Researchers and Consultants in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Can it Increase Children's Effective Participation in Urban Planning? Children & Society, published online 15 January(0). doi:10.1111/chso.12315. A454

Ikeda, E., Hinckson, E., Witten, K., & Smith, M. (2018). Associations of children's active school travel with perceptions of the physical environment and characteristics of the social environment: A systematic review. Health & Place, 54, 118-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.09.009

Carroll, P., Calder-Dawe, O., Witten, K., & Asiasiga, L. (2018). A Prefigurative Politics of Play in Public Places: Avoiding cracks, Being a super-hero, Climbing trees– children claim their democratic ‘right to the city’ through an ABC of play. Space and Culture, published online 7 September, DOI: 10.1177/1206331218797546. A448

Ikeda, E., Mavoa, S., Hinckson, E., Witten, K., Donnellan, N., Smith, M. (2018). Differences in child-drawn and GIS-modelled routes to school: Impact on space and exposure to the built environment in Auckland, New Zealand. Journal of Transport Geography, 71, 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.07.005. A445

Scott, K., Opit, S., Dolan, E., Banwell, K., Witten, K., Kearns, R. (2015). Community Formation: Literature review of factors that enhance place-based social relations in compact cities (Residential Choice & Community Formation Strand - Resilient Urban Futures). Auckland: SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University & University of Auckland. http://sustainablecities.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/Community-formation-literature-review.pdf

Carroll, P., Asiasiga, L., Tav’ae, N., & Witten, K. (2013). Kids in the City: Differing Perceptions of One Neighbourhood in Aotearoa / New Zealand. In R. Coles & Z. Millman (Eds.), Landscape, Wellbeing and Environment (pp. 129-146). London: Routledge. SB59

Ergler, C., Kearns, R., & Witten, K. (2013). Managed childhoods: a social history of play. In N. Higgins & C. Freeman (Eds.), Childhoods: Growing up in Aotearoa/New Zealand (pp. 110-125). Dunedin: Otago University Press. SB58

Witten, K., Kearns, R., Carroll, P., Asiasiga, L., & Tava'e, N. (2013). New Zealand parents' understandings of the intergenerational decline in children's independent outdoor play and active travel. Children's Geographies, Available online 3 April, doi: 10.1080/14733285.2013.779839. A321

Ergler, C., Kearns, R., & Witten, K. (2013). Seasonal and locational variations in children's play: Implications for wellbeing. Social Science and Medicine, 91, 178-185. A357

Badland, H., Oliver, M., Kearns, R., Mavoa, S., Witten, K., Duncan, M., & Batty, G. (2012). Association of neighbourhood residence and preferences with the built environment, work-related travel behaviours, and health implications for employed adults: Findings from the URBAN study. Social Science and Medicine, 75(8), 1469-1476. A308

Ivory, V., Witten, K., Salmond, C., Lin, E.-Y., You, R., & Blakely, T. (2012). The New Zealand Index of Neighbourhood Social Fragmentation: integrating theory and data. Environment and Planning A, 44, 972-988. A303

Lin, E.-Y., Witten, K., Casswell, S., & You, R. Q. (2012). Neighbourhood matters: Perceptions of neighbourhood cohesiveness and associations with alcohol, cannabis and tobacco use. Drug and Alcohol Review, 31(4), 402-412. A289

Witten, K., Pearce, J., & Day, P. (2011). Neighbourhood Destination Accessibility Index: A GIS tool for measuring infrastructure support for neighbourhood physical activity. Environment and Planning A, 43, 205-223. A317

 Oliver, M., Witten, K., Kearns, R., Mavoa, S., Badland, H., Carroll, P., Drumheller, C., Tavae, N., Asiasiga, L., Jelley, S., Kaiwai, H., Opit, S., Lin, E.-Y., Sweetsur, P., Moewaka Barnes, H., Mason, N., & Ergler, C. (2011). Kids in the city study: research design and methodology. BMC Public Health, 11(587). A284

Witten, K., Abrahamse, W., & Stuart, K. (Eds.). (2011). Growth Misconduct? Avoiding Sprawl and Improving Urban Intensification in New Zealand. Wellington: New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, University of Otago.

Badland, H., Keam, R., Witten, K., & Kearns, R. (2010). Examining Public Open Spaces by Neighborhood-Level Walkability and Deprivation. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 7(6), 818-824. A270

Badland, H., Opit, S., Witten, K., Kearns, R., & Mavoa, S. (2010). Can virtual streetscape audits reliably replace physical streetscape audits? Journal of Urban Health, 87(6), 1007-1016. A269

 Stevenson, A., Pearce, J., Blakely, T., Ivory, V., & Witten, K. (2009). Neighbourhoods and health: A review of the New Zealand literature. New Zealand Geographer, 65, 211-221. A240

Badland, H., Schofield, G., Witten, K., Schluter, P., Mavoa, S., Kearns, R., Hinckson, E., Oliver, M., Kaiwai, H., Jensen, V., Ergler, C., McGrath, L., & McPhee, J. (2009). Understanding the Relationship between Activity and Neighbourhoods (URBAN) Study: research design and methodology BMC Public Health 9(224), doi:10.1186/1471-2458-1189-1224. A238

Pearce, J., Hiscock, R., Blakely, T., & Witten, K. (2008). The contextual effects of neighbourhood access to supermarkets and convenience stores on individual fruit and vegetable consumption. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 62, 198-201. A230

Hiscock, R., Pearce, J., Blakely, T., & Witten, K. (2008). Is neighborhood access to health care provision associated with individual-level utilization and satisfaction? Health Services Research, 43(6), 2183-2200. A227

Pearce, J., Witten, K., Hiscock, R., & Blakely, T. (2008). Regional and urban - rural variations in the association of neighbourhood deprivation with community resource access: a national study. Environment and Planning A, 40, 2469-2489. A223

Pearce, J., Hiscock, R., Blakely, T., & Witten, K. (2008). A national study of the association between neighbourhood access to fast food outlets and the diet and weight of local residents. Health and Place, doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.04.003. A215

Witten, K., Hiscock, R., Pearce, J., & Blakely, T. (2008). Neighbourhood access to open spaces and the physical activity of residents: a national study. Preventive Medicine, 47, 299-303. A214

Pearce, J., Day, P., & Witten, K. (2008). Neighbourhood provision of food and alcohol retailing and social deprivation in urban New Zealand. Urban Policy and Research, 26(2), 213-227. A213

Pearce, J., Blakely, T., Witten, K., & Bartie, P. (2007). Neighborhood deprivation and access to fast-food retailing: a national study. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 32(5), 375-382. A198

Pearce, J., Witten, K., Hiscock, R., & Blakely, T. (2007). Are socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods deprived of health-related community resources? International Journal of Epidemiology, 36, 348-355. A195

Kearns, R., McCreanor, T., & Witten, K. (2006). Healthy communities. In C. Freeman & M. Thompson-Fawcett (Eds.), Living Together: Towards Inclusive Communities in New Zealand (pp. 241-257). Dunedin: University of Otago Press. SB42

Pearce, J., Witten, K., & Bartie, P. (2006). Neighbourhoods and health: a GIS approach to measuring community resource accessibility. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 60, 389-395. A186

Kearns, R., McCreanor, T., & Witten, K. (2005). Linking health, place and healthy communities. Territoris, 5, 189-203. A183

Field, A., Witten, K., Robinson, E., & Pledger, M. (2004). Who gets to what? Equity in access to community resources in two New Zealand cities. Urban Policy and Research, 22, 189-205. A160

Witten, K., McCreanor, T., & Kearns, R. (2003). The place of neighbourhood in social cohesion: Insights from Massey, West Auckland. Urban Policy and Research, 21, 321-338. A154

Witten, K., Exeter, D., & Field, A. (2003). The quality of urban environments: mapping variation in access to community resources. Urban Studies, 140, 161-177. A144