Concatenating Daily Exercise Routes with Public Sports Facilities, Bicycle Lanes, and Green Spaces: A Feasibility Analysis in Nanjing, China

Abstract

Public sports facilities have the potential to improve their functions as active living infrastructures (ALIs) in combination with bicycle lanes and green spaces. A favorable sequence of exercise intensities in different scenes is important for individuals to take physical activity scientifically. Our research aimed to explore the feasibility of promoting and consolidating this sequence using reasonable daily exercise routes concatenated by public sports facilities, green spaces, and bicycle lanes. Taking 25 major public sports facilities in Nanjing as an example, we obtained the cycling routes from open-source data and delineated the facilities’ cycling catchment areas to assess the coordination of bicycle lanes and facilities. Further, we evaluated the potential interactions between facilities and green spaces by checking the spatial intersections between park entrances and the above routes. The results revealed that with the integration of bicycle lanes, public sports facilities could provide services to most residential areas, and potential interactions between the facilities and parks existed already. Therefore, it was feasible to design reasonable daily exercise routes coupled with the existing facility layout. Moreover, the service gaps and potential interactions were affected by the layout of the facilities, the density of the bicycle lanes, the configuration of green spaces, and the official planning proposals. This research advances the understanding of how public sports facilities can be pivotal to the cooperation of ALIs with other infrastructures.

O Atletismo No Almanaque Esportivo Do Rio Grande Do Sul (1942-1945): Inventário Das Reportagens

“…Na 3ª fase foram excluídos mais 7 estudos: 4 com "conceito de vida ativa", 1 com "active life concept" e 2 com "active life meaning", permanecendo 9 estudos. Após a 4ª etapa foram excluídos 7 estudos: 4 para "conceito de vida ativa", 2 para "active life concept" e 1 para "active life meaning", resultando 2 estudos - ONOFRE, 2017;CHEN et al, 2022 -para compor a presente pesquisa. A Figura 1 apresenta um fluxograma com as etapas do processo de busca e seleção dos estudos.…”

“…Os conceitos de vida ativa apresentados nos estudos selecionados (ONO-FRE, 2017;CHEN et al, 2022) revelam que a definição de vida ativa está relacionada ao envolvimento com a prática de atividades físicas e esportivas. Onofre (2017) ao se referir a indicadores sobre a vida ativa das populações dos países do sul e leste europeu, mostra dados que estão relacionados à prevalência da prática de atividade física e desportiva, com destaque para evidências que revelam a inexistência de hábitos regulares (EUROPEAN COMISSION, 2014;MARQUES et al, 2014).…”

“…Para o autor, isso implica investir no desenvolvimento cultural de cada indivíduo no domínio de suas competências físicas, intelectuais, sociais e emocionais, sendo o desenvolvimento dessas competências entre outros fatores, relacionado a indivíduos que assumem a responsabilidade pela promoção de sua saúde. Chen et al (2022) ao se referirem a prática de atividades físicas integradas a infraestrutura da cidade, mostram que é viável projetar rotas de exercícios diários, por exemplo, para ciclistas e usuários de instalações públicas. Para os autores, essa iniciativa deve ser concomitante com a divulgação de que os exercícios físicos podem promover um estilo de vida saudável.…”

How Information and Communications Technology Affects the Micro-Location Choices of Stores on On-Demand Food Delivery Platforms: Evidence from Xinjiekou’s Central Business District in Nanjing

“…(4) Traffic data were obtained through Baidu's open map platform, (https://lbsyun.baidu. com/, accessed on 27 March 2022), which could be divided into static and dynamic data [76]. Static data encompassed the latitude, longitude, and names of subway stations and bus stations.…”

Research on the spatial allocation of national fitness resources at the street scale—taking Fuzhou city as an example

“…Most of the studies concluded that a spatial imbalance of sports and fitness facilities still exists in different regions of China, the supply of sports facilities fails to match the demand of residents, and the accessibility of sports facilities in central urban areas is significantly better than that in suburban and rural areas [ [20] , [21] , [22] ]. In addition, Lee et al noted that the convenience of accessing and using sports and fitness resources can effectively enhance residents' willingness to participate in physical exercise and thereby enhance their sense of access [ 23 ]. Therefore, it is necessary and meaningful to pay attention to issues such as the balance and accessibility of the spatial distribution of national fitness resources.…”