Development of a Public Open Space Desktop Auditing Tool (POSDAT): A remote sensing approach

Edwards, Nicole; Hooper, Paula; Trapp, Gina; Bull, Fiona; Boruff, Bryan; Giles-Corti, Billie

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.010

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“…In fact, the GSV image library has been proposed as an effective potential data source for urban studies (Rundle et al, 2011), such as identification of commercial entities (Zamir et al, 2011), 3D city modeling (Torii et al, 2009;Mičušík and Košecká, 2009), public open space audit (Edwards et al, 2013;Taylor et al, 2011), and neighborhood environmental audit (Charreire et al, 2014;Rundle et al, 2011;Odgers et al, 2012;Griew et al, 2013).…”

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Assessing street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and a modified green view index

Zhang

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Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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Assessing street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and a modified green view index

Zhang

et al. 2015

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

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“…Yet, in active living research, public open space definitions are usually narrower. For example, Edwards et al (2013) who work with planning policymakers and practitioners focus only on green spaces and natural environments defining public open space as 'spaces reserved for the provision of green space and natural environments, accessible to the general public free of charge'. In contrast, another definition made in public health does not necessitate public open space to be green, but does require that the intended purpose of the space is for amenity or recreation purposes: "spaces within the urban environment that are readily and freely accessible to the wider community, regardless of size, design or physical features and are intended primarily for amenity or recreation purposes-whether active or passive" (National Heart Foundation of Australia, 2014 (Brownson et al, 2001(Brownson et al, , 2000.…”

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Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda

Koohsari¹,

Mavoa²,

Villanueva³

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Health & Place

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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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“…29 Park attributes were determined by remote sensing methods (Google Earth) using the Public Open Space Desktop Auditing Tool (POSDAT), which has been shown to be a valid and reliable tool for assessing park quality. 30 We hypothesized that larger parks have more attributes and thus children are more likely to independently travel to these destinations compared with smaller parks.…”

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The Effect of the Social and Physical Environment on Children’s Independent Mobility to Neighborhood Destinations

Christian¹,

Klinker²,

Villanueva³

et al. 2015

Journal of Physical Activity and Health

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Background:Relationships between context-specific measures of the physical and social environment and children’s independent mobility to neighborhood destination types were examined.Methods:Parents in RESIDE’s fourth survey reported whether their child (8–15 years; n = 181) was allowed to travel without an adult to school, friend’s house, park and local shop. Objective physical environment measures were matched to each of these destinations. Social environment measures included neighborhood perceptions and items specific to local independent mobility.Results:Independent mobility to local destinations ranged from 30% to 48%. Independent mobility to a local park was less likely as the distance to the closest park (small and large size) increased and less likely with additional school grounds (P < .05). Independent mobility to school was less likely as the distance to the closest large park increased and if the neighborhood was perceived as unsafe (P < .05). Independent mobility to a park or shops decreased if parenting social norms were unsupportive of children’s local independent movement (P < .05).Conclusions:Independent mobility appears dependent upon the specific destination being visited and the impact of neighborhood features varies according to the destination examined. Findings highlight the importance of access to different types and sizes of urban green space for children’s independent mobility to parks.

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Development of a Public Open Space Desktop Auditing Tool (POSDAT): A remote sensing approach

Cited by 103 publications

References 22 publications

Assessing street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and a modified green view index

Assessing street-level urban greenery using Google Street View and a modified green view index

Public open space, physical activity, urban design and public health: Concepts, methods and research agenda

The Effect of the Social and Physical Environment on Children’s Independent Mobility to Neighborhood Destinations

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