Park use and park-based physical activity in low-income neighborhoods

DA Cohen, B Han, S Park… - Journal of aging …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
… Routine physical activity is important for everyone, and most urban areas have an infrastructure
of neighborhood parks that are intended to serve as a setting for recreation and leisure. …

[HTML][HTML] Neighborhood characteristics associated with park use and park-based physical activity among children in low-income diverse neighborhoods in New York …

JH Huang, JA Hipp, O Marquet, C Alberico, D Fry… - Preventive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban parks provide spaces and facilities for children's physical activity (PA) and can be a
… whether neighborhood characteristics were associated with children's park use and park-…

[HTML][HTML] Park use, perceived park proximity, and neighborhood characteristics: Evidence from 11 cities in Latin America

MR Moran, DA Rodríguez, A Cotinez-O'Ryan… - Cities, 2020 - Elsevier
… These findings stress the importance of perceived park proximity in enhancing their use
in urban Latin America, and challenge the role of social disorder and crime as a barrier for …

The relationships between park quality, park usage, and levels of physical activity in low-income, African American neighborhoods

M Knapp, J Gustat, R Darensbourg, L Myers… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
… American neighborhoods in an urbanpark conditions, park usage, and physical activity,
this study contributes to the evidence that park disorder and attractiveness may impact park use, …

[HTML][HTML] Active use and perceptions of parks as urban assets for physical activity: A mixed-methods study

M Fontán-Vela, J Rivera-Navarro, P Gullón, J Díez… - Health & place, 2021 - Elsevier
… of the relationship between park use, physical activity (PA), and … park use and PA, and the
perceptions of parks as urban assets for PA. We selected six parks from three neighborhoods

Urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are socially vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted?

LR Larson, Z Zhang, JI Oh, W Beam… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… The second part of our study used cell phone location data, aggregated to the census tract
level, to compare park use patterns within diverse urban neighborhoods at two different points …

Urban park crime: Neighborhood context and park features

RB Taylor, CP Haberman, ER Groff - Journal of criminal justice, 2019 - Elsevier
urban park drawing adults from different neighborhoods for organized sports, “misunderstandings
met and crystallized” in the park (… First, is land use across the street from a park mixed …

Perceptions of nature and access to green space in four urban neighborhoods

JS Sefcik, MC Kondo, H Klusaritz… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
… lower park use in low-resource neighborhoods. … neighborhoods in Philadelphia, PA. The
primary aim of this study is to assess attitudes towards nature and use of green space in urban

Park use preferences and physical activity among ethnic minority children in low-income neighborhoods in New York City

O Marquet, JA Hipp, C Alberico, JH Huang… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2019 - Elsevier
… between park characteristics and park use among … park use in 20 selected parks in
NYC. Specifically, we address ethnic differences in park use by analyzing (1) what kind of in-park

Urban park use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are socially vulnerable communities disproportionately impacted? Front. Sustain

LR Larson, Z Zhang, JI Oh, W Beam, SS Ogletree… - Cities, 2022 - books.google.com
… The second part of our study used cell phone location data, aggregated to the census tract
level, to compare park use patterns within diverse urban neighborhoods at two different points …