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Use of the natural outdoor environment in different populations in Europe in relation to access : Implications for policy
Masterson, Daniel Triguero-Mas, Margarita Marquez, Sandra Zijlema, Wilma Martínez, David Gidlow, Christopher Smith, Graham Hurst, Gemma Cirach, Marta Gražulevičienė, Regina
Masterson, Daniel
Triguero-Mas, Margarita
Marquez, Sandra
Zijlema, Wilma
Martínez, David
Gidlow, Christopher
Smith, Graham
Hurst, Gemma
Cirach, Marta
Gražulevičienė, Regina
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
Date
2022
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Book
Volume
19
Issue
4
Page Range
1-13
Article Number
Article 2226
ACU Department
Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
License
CC BY 4.0
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Open