Lack of agreement between measured and self-reported distance from public green parks in Glasgow, Scotland

MacIntyre, Sally; Macdonald, Laura; Ellaway, Anne

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-26

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“…Recent studies have suggested that parks, squares, and other green spaces for recreation in neighborhoods are important places for people to be more physically active 35 , especially in urban areas where access to green spaces is more limited 36 . There is also evidence that improved availability and access to green spaces for recreation in urban areas can be an effective public health measure, Table 3 Description of variables in the social environment and built environment by coverage area.…”

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Built environment and social environment: associations with overweight and obesity in a sample of Brazilian adults

2013

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Built environment and social environment: associations with overweight and obesity in a sample of Brazilian adults

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“…Exposure to green space has been identified as a factor reducing health inequalities in the UK (Mitchell and Popham, 2007). Physical activity within green spaces has been investigated as a possible mechanism behind the relationship between access to green space and salutogenic effects (Maas et al, 2006(Maas et al, , 2008Macintyre et al, 2008;Coombes et al, 2010;Koohsari et al, 2015;Hunter et al, 2015;Buck et al, 2015). In contrast, outside of environmental psychology, the health-related value of blue space and the role of physical activity within blue spaces have attracted much less attention to date (Herzog, 1984).…”

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Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

2015

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a b s t r a c tDrawing from research on therapeutic landscapes and relationships between environment, health and wellbeing, we propose the idea of 'healthy blue space' as an important new development Complementing research on healthy green space, blue space is defined as; 'health-enabling places and spaces, where water is at the centre of a range of environments with identifiable potential for the promotion of human wellbeing'. Using theoretical ideas from emotional and relational geographies and critical understandings of salutogenesis, the value of blue space to health and wellbeing is recognised and evaluated. Six individual papers from five different countries consider how health can be enabled in mixed blue space settings. Four sub-themes; embodiment, inter-subjectivity, activity and meaning, document multiple experiences within a range of healthy blue spaces. Finally, we suggest a considerable research agenda -theoretical, methodological and applied -for future work within different forms of blue space. All are suggested as having public health policy relevance in social and public space.

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“…This result supports previous findings suggesting that self-reported access to urban parks does not accurately reflect objectively measured access (Macintyre et al, 2008b).…”

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Rethinking planning for urban parks: accessibility, use and behaviour

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Public parks and green spaces are important health promoting facilities for urban dwellers, which can bring about improved health outcomes, diminished racial tensions and reduced public stress. Access to urban parks and green spaces is purported to be associated with the development of social capital, increased community wellbeing and inclusive neighbourhoods. It is within this context that recent decades have witnessed increasing efforts in measuring and modelling park accessibility in cities.Previous studies, however, found significant inconsistency between subjectively (perceived) and objectively (geographic) measured accessibility, indicating the need to examine existing conceptualisation of park accessibility, especially at the individual perceptual level.The accessibility concept has been developed as a multi-dimensional construct that requires a more adequate understanding about its influential factors and dimensions. Existing measures of accessibility have been limited to the concept's physical and temporal dimensions, leaving other relevant factors such as social conditions and personal constraints, including perceptions, largely unexplored. This research argues for the relevance of socio-personal factors to realistically assess accessibility to urban public parks. There is also a need to clarify how accessibility influences an individual's decision-making process that ultimately leads to human behaviour of park use or nonuse, as psychological study of behavioural intentions to use parks has rarely been investigated.Following a correlational research design and cross-sectional validation approach, this research was proposed to fill these knowledge gaps.The research involved both processes of model development and model validation. Two models were proposed in this study: an expanded theory of planned behavioural (TPB) model and an integrated model of park accessibility. The first model aims to identify the role of park accessibility in influencing individual behavioural intentions towards park use and non-use. The model was developed based on the theory of planned behaviour, with three additional variables included (i.e., perceived park accessibility, geographic proximity, and past use) to compare their relative importance in influencing park use intentions. The second model was proposed based on the critical literature review of the accessibility concept. The model consists of five dimensions, including both physical and socio-personal variables that were identified as being associated with urban park access and use.Both models were empirically tested using questionnaire survey data collected from two cities of different socio-cultural settings: Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China). Within each city, iii sampling was carefully designed to represent residents of different socioeconomic backgrounds with an aim of modelling the differences between population groups. Data were analysed quantitatively using statistical methods and spatial analytical techniques. Key findings from this study incl...

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Lack of agreement between measured and self-reported distance from public green parks in Glasgow, Scotland

Cited by 91 publications

References 31 publications

Built environment and social environment: associations with overweight and obesity in a sample of Brazilian adults

Built environment and social environment: associations with overweight and obesity in a sample of Brazilian adults

Blue space geographies: Enabling health in place

Rethinking planning for urban parks: accessibility, use and behaviour

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