How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia

Veitch, Jenny; Carver, Alison; Abbott, Gavin; Giles-Corti, Billie; Timperio, Anna; Salmon, Jo

doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1960-6

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“…Park use varies with attractions, notably biodiversity (Stevens et al, 2014;Siikamäki et al, 2015; proximity and access (Bancroft et al, 2015;Rossi et al, 2015), and wealth (Poudyal et al, 2013). Use of greenspace varies with many local factors (Jones et al, 2009;Lin et al, 2014;McCormack et al, 2014;Veitch et al, 2015). In some cities, these are incorporated in urban planning (Gidlöf-Gunnarsson and Öhrström, 2007;Villeneuve et al, 2012;Alcock et al, 2014;Francis et al, 2015;Giles-Corti et al, 2015;Ulmer et al, 2016).…”

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“…Such estimates are large enough to be significant politically, indicating that additional research to provide accurate figures will indeed be worthwhile. For example, ∼75% of the Australian population of ∼24 million visit public national parks at least once each year, and 90% visit public urban greenspace (Veal, 2007;Zuo et al, 2015). Each year, >20% of Australians experience mental health problems, and 8% use mental health services (Whiteford et al, 2014;Hosie et al, 2015).…”

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Economic Value of Parks via Human Mental Health: An Analytical Framework

Buckley

Brough

2017

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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Exposure to nature yields a wide range of mental health benefits. Improvements in mental health have substantial economic value, through: reduced mental healthcare costs; improved workplace productivity; and reduced costs of antisocial behavior, both public, and private. These economic gains represent an unquantified ecosystem service attributable to conservation. Since most individual people, and hence most politicians and policy-makers, care more about the private good of individual health than the public good of ecosystem and biodiversity conservation, calculating the economic value of nature via its contributions to human mental health could prove influential in achieving conservation goals. Here, we review relevant literature, establish a framework for these calculations, and identify immediate information gaps and research priorities. Current estimates rely on assumptions, but are similar in scale to those from tourism and recreation, which do influence policy.

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Section: People and Nature Experiencesmentioning

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Section: Economic Valuesmentioning

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Economic Value of Parks via Human Mental Health: An Analytical Framework

Buckley

Brough

2017

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] In fact, there are established approaches that can be used to track PA patterns amongst public park users. 28 Current evidence in this area demonstrates some promise as well as keen interest in using public parks to increase PA levels although there is not a clear model that should be emulated for optimal efficacy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It also appears that a number of individuals currently participate in sedentary activities while attending public parks. 27,29 There also appears to be age, sex and racial differences regarding PA patterns in public parks. 29,30 Perceived neighborhood quality and safety are also important factors for using public parks to engage in PA, although more work is needed in this area to understand these complex social interactions.…”

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Public Park Spaces as a Platform to Promote Healthy Living: Introducing a HealthPark Concept

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Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

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The concept of Healthy Living (HL) as a primary medical intervention continues to gain traction, and rightfully so. Being physically active, consuming a nutritious diet, not smoking and maintaining an appropriate body weight constitute the HL polypill, the foundation of HL medicine (HLM). Daily use of the HL polypill, working toward optimal dosages, portends profound health benefits, substantially reducing the risk of chronic disease [i.e., cardiovascular disease (CVD), pulmonary disease, metabolic syndromes, certain cancers, etc.] and associated adverse health consequences. To be effective and proactive, our healthcare system must rethink where its primary intervention, HLM, is delivered. Waiting for individuals to come to the traditional outpatient setting is an ineffective approach as poor lifestyle habits are typically well established by the time care is initiated. Ideally, HLM should be delivered where individuals live, work and go to school, promoting immersion in a culture of health and wellness. To this end, there is a growing interest in the use of public parks as a platform to promote the adoption of HL behaviors. The current perspectives paper provides a brief literature review on the use of public parks for HL interventions and introduces a new HealthPark model being developed in Chicago.

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“…Parklar, her yaştan insanın fiziksel aktivite yapması için önemli fırsatlar sunar (73,74). Güvenlik, estetik, kolaylıklar, bakım ve yakınlık içeren özellikler, parkların kullanımını teşvik etmek için önemlidir (75).…”

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Sağlıklı Yaşlanma ve Fiziksel Aktivite: Bireysel, Psikososyal ve Çevresel Özelliklerin Buna Katkısı / Healthy aging and physical activity: The contribution of individual, psychosocial and environmental features to this

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Osmangazi̇ Journal of Medicine

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Özet: Yaşlanma, önlenmesi mümkün olmayan kronolojik, sosyolojik, biyolojik ve psikolojik bir gerilemedir. Sağlıklı yaşlanma kavramı günümüzde giderek önem kazanmıştır. Sağlıklı yaşlanma ve fiziksel aktivite arasında önemli bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Sedanter yaşam tarzı, çeşitli hastalıklara yol açarak yaşam kalitesini olumsuz etkileyen ve erken ölümlere neden olan önemli bir toplum sağlığı sorunudur. Bireysel, psiko-sosyal özellikler, düzensiz şehirleşme ve teknolojik gelişmeler bireyleri sedanter yaşama yöneltmektedir. Bireyin fiziksel aktiviteye katılma kararı, çevrenin algılanmasında rol oynayan bilişsel faktörlerden, sağlık durumundan, kendini algılama biçiminden, psiko-sosyal ve sosyo-ekonomik durumdan, yaşanılan binanın çevresinin özelliklerinden etkilenebilir. Kentsel tasarım ve altyapı hizmetleri sunulurken, bireyleri fiziksel aktiviteye teşvik etmek için gerekli düzenlemeler göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. Fiziksel aktivite için güvenli, çekici ve pratik olan, ulaşım ve boş zamanları değerlendirmede kolaylık sağlayan düzenlemeler yapılarak, çevre sakinlerinin fiziksel aktiviteyi yaşamlarına katmalarına yardımcı olunabilir. Yapılan araştırmalar, insanların yoğun olduğu, alışveriş imkanı olan, restoranlar, toplu taşıma imkanları, parklar, spor salonları, yaya kaldırımları ve geçitleri, aydınlatma ve trafik lambaları, bisiklet yollarının bulunduğu yürünebilir çevrede ve psiko-sosyal desteğin arttığı bir ortamda yaşayan insanların, fiziksel olarak daha aktif olduklarını ortaya koymuştur. Sonuç olarak, gerek yetişkin dönemde, gerekse yaşlılıkta farklı yönlerden fiziksel aktiviteyi destekleyen bir ortamda yaşamak ve böylece fiziksel olarak daha aktif olmak, oluşabilecek birçok kronik hastalık riskini azaltarak, daha sağlıklı bir yaşlılık dönemi geçirme olanağı sağlayacaktır. Abstract: Aging is a chronological, sociological, biological and psychological degression that can not be prevented. The concept of healthy aging has become increasingly important today. It has been found that there is a significant relationship between healthy aging and physical activity. Sedentary lifestyle that adversely affects the quality of life leading to various diseases and causes premature death, is an important public health problem. The individual, psycho-social features, irregular urbanization and technological developments led to individuals to sedentary life. The individual's decision to participate in physical activity may be affected from the cognitive factors that play a role to perceive the environment, the health state, self-perception, the socio-economic and psycho-social situations and the characteristics of the surrounding buildings. While providing urban design and infrastructure services, the required arrangements to encourage individuals to physical activity should be considered. It can be help to residents to add the physical activity into their lives making regulations that are safe, attractive and practical for physical activity, and provide convenience for transportation and to appreciate leisure tim...

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How active are people in metropolitan parks? An observational study of park visitation in Australia

Cited by 90 publications

References 31 publications

Economic Value of Parks via Human Mental Health: An Analytical Framework

Economic Value of Parks via Human Mental Health: An Analytical Framework

Public Park Spaces as a Platform to Promote Healthy Living: Introducing a HealthPark Concept

Sağlıklı Yaşlanma ve Fiziksel Aktivite: Bireysel, Psikososyal ve Çevresel Özelliklerin Buna Katkısı / Healthy aging and physical activity: The contribution of individual, psychosocial and environmental features to this

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