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Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda
Koohsari, Mohammad Mavoa, Suzanne Villanueva, Karen Sugiyama, Takemi Badland, Hannah Kaczynski, Andrew Owen, Neville Giles-Corti, Billie
Koohsari, Mohammad
Mavoa, Suzanne
Villanueva, Karen
Sugiyama, Takemi
Badland, Hannah
Kaczynski, Andrew
Owen, Neville
Giles-Corti, Billie
Abstract
Public open spaces such as parks and green spaces are key built environment elements within neighbourhoods for encouraging a variety of physical activity behaviours. Over the past decade, there has been a burgeoning number of active living research studies examining the influence of public open space on physical activity. However, the evidence shows mixed associations between different aspects of public open space (e.g., proximity, size, quality) and physical activity. These inconsistencies hinder the development of specific evidence-based guidelines for urban designers and policy-makers for (re)designing public open space to encourage physical activity. This paper aims to move this research agenda forward, by identifying key conceptual and methodological issues that may contribute to inconsistencies in research examining relations between public open space and physical activity.
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2015
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Health and Place
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33
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75-82
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