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| Title |
Comparing circular and network buffers to examine the influence of land use on walking for leisure and errands
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| Published in |
International Journal of Health Geographics, September 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-072x-6-41 |
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| Authors |
Lisa N Oliver, Nadine Schuurman, Alexander W Hall |
| Abstract |
There is increasing interest in examining the influence of the built environment on physical activity. High-resolution data in a geographic information system is increasingly being used to measure salient aspects of the built environment and studies often use circular or road network buffers to measure land use around an individual's home address. However, little research has examined the extent to which the selection of circular or road network buffers influences the results of analysis. The objective of this study is to examine the influence of land use type (residential, commercial, recreational and park land and institutional land) on 'walking for leisure' and 'walking for errands' using 1 km circular and line-based road network buffers. Data on individual walking patterns is obtained from a survey of 1311 respondents in greater Vancouver and respondent's postal code centroids were used to construct the individual buffers. Logistic regression was used for statistical analysis. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 265 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| Canada | 4 | 2% |
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 248 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 66 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 44 | 17% |
| Researcher | 41 | 15% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 18 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 6% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 40 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 64 | 24% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 13% |
| Environmental Science | 31 | 12% |
| Sports and Recreations | 12 | 5% |
| Engineering | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 56 | 21% |
| Unknown | 58 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 March 2013.
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#4,547,321
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#141
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#13,548
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