Use of the natural outdoor environment in different populations in Europe in relation to access : Implications for policy
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Masterson, Daniel, Triguero-Mas, Margarita, Marquez, Sandra, Zijlema, Wilma, Martínez, David, Gidlow, Christopher, Smith, Graham, Hurst, Gemma, Cirach, Marta, Gražulevičienė, Regina, van den Berg, Magdalena, Kruize, Hanneke, Maas, Jolanda and Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark. (2022). Use of the natural outdoor environment in different populations in Europe in relation to access : Implications for policy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(4), p. Article 2226. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042226
Authors | Masterson, Daniel, Triguero-Mas, Margarita, Marquez, Sandra, Zijlema, Wilma, Martínez, David, Gidlow, Christopher, Smith, Graham, Hurst, Gemma, Cirach, Marta, Gražulevičienė, Regina, van den Berg, Magdalena, Kruize, Hanneke, Maas, Jolanda and Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark |
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Abstract | This cross-cultural study explores the relationship of natural outdoor environment (NOE) use with NOE access. Most urban planning recommendations suggest optimal accessibility to be 300 m–500 m straight distance to spaces with vegetation of at least 1 hectare. Exploring this recommendation, we used data (n = 3947) from four European cities collected in the framework of the PHENOTYPE study: Barcelona (Spain), Doetinchem (The Netherlands), Kaunas (Lithuania) and Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom) to obtain residential access to NOE (straight or network distances, using 300 m and 150 m buffers, to NOE larger than 1 hectare or 0.5 hectare) and use of NOE (i.e., self-reported time spent in NOE). Poisson regression models were used to examine the associations between residential access and use of NOE. The models with the strongest association with time spent in NOE in the combined sample were for those living within 300 m straight line distance to either 0.5 ha or 1 ha NOE. Noting that the only indicator that was consistent across all individual cities was living with 150 m network buffer of NOE (of at least 1 ha), this warrants further exploration in reducing recommendations of 300 m straight-line distance to 150 m network distance to 1 ha of NOE for a general indicator for cities within Europe. |
Keywords | natural outdoor environments; green space; access; use; distance; time spent |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Journal citation | 19 (4), p. Article 2226 |
Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI AG) |
ISSN | 1661-7827 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19042226 |
PubMed ID | 35206413 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85124582982 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8872189 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Page range | 1-13 |
Funder | Seventh Framework Programme, European Commission |
Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness | |
Instituto de Salud Carlos III | |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 16 Feb 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Feb 2022 |
Deposited | 16 Oct 2023 |
Grant ID | 282996 |
FJCI-2017-33842 | |
CD17/00195 |
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