“…Depression not only reduces life quality (Ruo et al, ) but also increases the risk of chronic physical illness (Farrokhi, Abedi, Beyene, Kurdyak, & Jassal, ; Hare, Toukhsati, Johansson, & Jaarsma, ; Moussavi et al, ; Psaltopoulou et al, ; Van der Kooy et al, ). Preventing and reducing the risk of depression is therefore a key public health concern especially for older people (Helbich et al, ; Niles & O'Donovan, ; Wang, Liu, et al, ; Wang, Lu, et al, ). Compared to young people, older people spend more time in their neighbourhoods due to retirement and functional restriction (Liu et al, ; Wang, Feng, Xue, Liu, & Wu, ; Wiles et al, ; Wiles, Leibing, Guberman, Reeve, & Allen, ) and neighbourhood environment may play an important role in their daily life.…”