Land use diversity and park use in New York City
Neighborhood parks and mixed-use land development are both understood to be important independent contributors to physical activity levels. It has been hypothesized that mixed-use land development could increase park use as a result of mixed-use neighborhoods being consistently activated throughout...
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| author | Dustin Fry J. Aaron Hipp Claudia Alberico Jing-Huei Huang Gina S. Lovasi Myron F. Floyd |
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| description | Neighborhood parks and mixed-use land development are both understood to be important independent contributors to physical activity levels. It has been hypothesized that mixed-use land development could increase park use as a result of mixed-use neighborhoods being consistently activated throughout the day, but the results of previous research on this question have been inconsistent and the mediational role of neighborhood activation has not been tested. This study leverages data from Google Places Popular Times and the National Establishment Time Series to directly test the mediational role of the daily temporal distribution of neighborhood activation, to construct a novel measure of commercial activity diversity, and to help disentangle built-environment density from commercial diversity. Park use data was measured from 10,004 systematic observations of 20 neighborhood parks in New York City in the spring and summer of 2017. The hypothesis that commercial activity diversity is positively associated with park use was not supported in any models. However, a positive relationship between built-environment density and park use was found, which may help to explain prior inconsistent findings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a24e305d61d64bc9a2f5b1e346e7d66c2022-12-22T04:04:48ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552021-06-0122101321Land use diversity and park use in New York CityDustin Fry0J. Aaron Hipp1Claudia Alberico2Jing-Huei Huang3Gina S. Lovasi4Myron F. Floyd5Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 3600 Market Street 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Corresponding author.North Carolina State University College of Natural Sciences, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, 5112 Jordan Hall, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USANorth Carolina State University College of Natural Sciences, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, 5112 Jordan Hall, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USANorth Carolina State University College of Natural Sciences, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, 5112 Jordan Hall, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USADrexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 3600 Market Street 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USANorth Carolina State University College of Natural Sciences, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, 5112 Jordan Hall, 2800 Faucette Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USANeighborhood parks and mixed-use land development are both understood to be important independent contributors to physical activity levels. It has been hypothesized that mixed-use land development could increase park use as a result of mixed-use neighborhoods being consistently activated throughout the day, but the results of previous research on this question have been inconsistent and the mediational role of neighborhood activation has not been tested. This study leverages data from Google Places Popular Times and the National Establishment Time Series to directly test the mediational role of the daily temporal distribution of neighborhood activation, to construct a novel measure of commercial activity diversity, and to help disentangle built-environment density from commercial diversity. Park use data was measured from 10,004 systematic observations of 20 neighborhood parks in New York City in the spring and summer of 2017. The hypothesis that commercial activity diversity is positively associated with park use was not supported in any models. However, a positive relationship between built-environment density and park use was found, which may help to explain prior inconsistent findings.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521000127Park useLand-use diversityPhysical activitySoparcBuilt environment |
| spellingShingle | Dustin Fry J. Aaron Hipp Claudia Alberico Jing-Huei Huang Gina S. Lovasi Myron F. Floyd Land use diversity and park use in New York City Preventive Medicine Reports Park use Land-use diversity Physical activity Soparc Built environment |
| title | Land use diversity and park use in New York City |
| title_full | Land use diversity and park use in New York City |
| title_fullStr | Land use diversity and park use in New York City |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land use diversity and park use in New York City |
| title_short | Land use diversity and park use in New York City |
| title_sort | land use diversity and park use in new york city |
| topic | Park use Land-use diversity Physical activity Soparc Built environment |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521000127 |
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