Park use in low-income urban neighborhoods: who uses the parks and why?

CA Vaughan, N Colabianchi, GP Hunter… - Journal of urban …, 2018 - Springer
… residents to the parks. Extending this line of research, we examined neighborhood residents’
self-reported frequency of park use, both overall and with respect to their closest park; the …

Violent crime and park use in low-income urban neighborhoods

B Han, DA Cohen, KP Derose, J Li… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… to park use and park-… the park level and the individual level, this study aimed to assess the
association between crime rates and use of local parks in low-income urban neighborhoods. …

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. …

Characteristics of urban parks associated with park use and physical activity: A review of qualitative research

GR McCormack, M Rock, AM Toohey, D Hignell - Health & place, 2010 - Elsevier
… on how urban parks might influence park use and potentially … evidence on parks, park use
and patterns of physical activity. … neighborhood found that although some women would use

Contributions of neighborhood parks to physical activity in high-poverty urban neighborhoods

S Park, B Han, DA Cohen, KP Derose - Journal of Urban Health, 2018 - Springer
neighborhoods in the city of Los Angeles, using systematic observation of park use and
surveys of park … average of weekly park use time for MVPA in a study park by integrating hourly …

Park use among youth and adults: examination of individual, social, and urban form factors

PK Baran, WR Smith, RC Moore… - Environment and …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
… examines park use in relation to neighborhood social (safety and poverty) and urban form
(… Systems to objectively measure park use and park and neighborhood characteristics in 20 …

Examining the relationship between park neighborhoods, features, cleanliness, and condition with observed weekday park usage and physical activity: a case study

K Hamilton, AT Kaczynski, ML Fair… - … of environmental and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… Therefore, the purpose of the current paper is to present a case study examining whether
weekday park usage and PA differ (1) by neighborhood type (urban versus suburban); (2) …

[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] 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

Disparities in built and natural features of urban parks: comparisons by neighborhood level race/ethnicity and income

CM Bruton, MF Floyd - Journal of Urban Health, 2014 - Springer
… At first glance, the finding in the current study is encouraging as a larger diversity of park
elements and features can promote park use. However, picnic areas have been found to afford …