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Barbara B. Brown is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Transportation, Genetics, Ecology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly contributions cover several topics, including:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Tree Root and Stability Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes

Barbara B. Brown has published frequently in a number of venues, most notably in:

  • PeerJ
  • Environment and Behavior
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Chronic Diseases and Translational Medicine
  • SSM - Population Health

Among recent academic papers, some relevant works include:

  • "Policy and Environmental Predictors of Park Visits During the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Getting Out While Staying in" (2021) in Environment and Behavior
  • "Dog Ownership and Walking: Perceived and Audited Walkability and Activity Correlates" (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Bird-window collisions: different fall and winter risk and protective factors" (2020) in PeerJ
  • "Bird-window collisions: Mitigation efficacy and risk factors across two years" (2021) in PeerJ
  • "The changing food environment and neighborhood prevalence of type 2 diabetes" (2023) in SSM - Population Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barbara B. Brown include:

  • David S. Curtis
  • Ken R. Smith
  • Huong Meeks
  • Lori Kowaleski-Jones
  • Kyle Kole

Best Publications

  • Place Attachment in a Revitalizing Neighborhood: Individual and Block Levels of Analysis

    Barbara Brown;Douglas D Perkins;Graham Brown

  • Disruptions in Place Attachment

    Barbara B. Brown;Douglas D. Perkins

  • Dialectic Conceptions In Social Psychology: An Application To Social Penetration And Privacy Regulation

    Irwin Altman;Anne Vinsel;Barbara B. Brown

  • The ecology of empowerment: Predicting participation in community organizations

    Douglas D. Perkins;Barbara B. Brown;Ralph B. Taylor

  • Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity.

    Barbara B. Brown;Ikuho Yamada;Ken R. Smith;Ken R. Smith;Cathleen D. Zick

  • Incivilities, place attachment and crime: Block and individual effects

    Barbara B. Brown;Douglas D. Perkins;Graham Brown

  • Social Cohesiveness, Territoriality, and Holiday Decorations The Influence of Cul-de-Sacs

    Barbara B. Brown;Carol M. Werner

  • Territoriality, defensible space and residential burglary : an environmental analysis

    Barbara B. Brown;Irwin Altman

  • Walkable Route Perceptions and Physical Features: Converging Evidence for En Route Walking Experiences.

    Barbara B. Brown;Carol M. Werner;Jonathan W. Amburgey;Caitlin Szalay

  • Increasing preschoolers' physical activity intensities: an activity-friendly preschool playground intervention.

    James C. Hannon;Barbara B. Brown

  • Walkability and body mass index density, design, and new diversity measures.

    Ken R. Smith;Ken R. Smith;Barbara B. Brown;Ikuho Yamada;Lori Kowaleski-Jones

  • Running to the Store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity ☆

    Cathleen D. Zick;Ken R. Smith;Jessie X. Fan;Barbara B. Brown

  • New Urban and Standard Suburban Subdivisions: Evaluating Psychological and Social Goals

    Barbara B. Brown;Vivian L. Cropper

  • Territoriality and residential crime: a conceptual framework.

    B. B. Brown;I. Altman

  • Privacy regulation and place attachment : Predicting attachments to a student family housing facility

    Paul B. Harris;Barbara B. Brown;Carol M. Werner

  • Residential burglars judge risk: The role of territoriality

    Barbara B. Brown;Deborah L. Bentley

  • Privacy regulation, territorial displays, and effectiveness of individual functioning.

    Anne Vinsel;Barbara B. Brown;Irwin Altman;Carolyn Foss

  • Walking routes to school in new urban and suburban neighborhoods: An environmental walkability analysis of blocks and routes

    Jonathan M. Gallimore;Barbara B. Brown;Carol M. Werner

  • New housing as neighborhood revitalization: Place attachment and confidence among residents

    Graham Brown;Barbara B. Brown;Douglas D. Perkins

  • Before and After a New Light Rail Stop: Resident Attitudes, Travel Behavior, and Obesity

    Barbara B. Brown;Carol M. Werner

Frequent Co-Authors

Cathleen D. Zick
Cathleen D. Zick University of Utah
Douglas D. Perkins
Douglas D. Perkins Vanderbilt University
Graham Brown
Graham Brown University of Melbourne
Irwin Altman
Irwin Altman University of Utah
Carol Sansone
Carol Sansone University of Utah
Simon Brewer
Simon Brewer University of Utah
Andrew F. Hill
Andrew F. Hill Victoria University
Ralph B. Taylor
Ralph B. Taylor Temple University

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