Assessing impacts of objective features and subjective perceptions of street environment on running amount: A case study of Boston

L Dong, H Jiang, W Li, B Qiu, H Wang, W Qiu - Landscape and urban …, 2023 - Elsevier
The built environment is found to relate to running behaviors. However, the impacts of the
street environment on running were less addressed due to the lack of running data in large …

Environmental factors for outdoor jogging in Beijing: Insights from using explainable spatial machine learning and massive trajectory data

W Yang, Y Li, Y Liu, P Fan, W Yue - Landscape and urban planning, 2024 - Elsevier
Outdoor jogging, as a physical exercise beneficial for health, has proliferated worldwide.
However, understanding the nonlinear and heterogeneous associations between …

Sustainable design of running friendly streets: Environmental exposures predict runnability by Volunteered Geographic Information and multilevel model approaches

D Huang, M Tian, L Yuan - Sustainable cities and society, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the influence of built environment on running behavior is a significant step
towards developing related landscape strategies. This paper adopted a volunteered …

Exploring nonlinear effects of built environment on jogging behavior using random forest

Y Liu, Y Li, W Yang, J Hu - Applied geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Outdoor jogging is a beneficial and replicable physical activity (PA). The nonlinear effects of
the built environment (BE) on jogging fitness received little attention, compared with the …

Analyzing the effects of nature exposure on perceived satisfaction with running routes: An activity path-based measure approach

D Huang, B Jiang, L Yuan - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2022 - Elsevier
Studies on the linkages between nature exposure and physical activities often focus simply
on the immediate vicinity of home locations, but path-based exercises, such as running and …

How are macro-scale and micro-scale built environments associated with running activity? The application of Strava data and deep learning in inner London

H Jiang, L Dong, B Qiu - ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 - mdpi.com
Running can promote public health. However, the association between running and the built
environment, especially in terms of micro street-level factors, has rarely been studied. This …

One approach does not fit all settings: Exploring the effects of natural and built environments on running pleasantness across places

D Huang, M Kyttä, A Kajosaari, X Xie, J Zhang - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Running is one of the most frequently practiced exercises worldwide. Perceived
pleasantness of running contributes to exercise motivation and thereby can promote running …

The effects of street environment features on road running: An analysis using crowdsourced fitness tracker data and machine learning

S Zhang, N Liu, B Ma, S Yan - Environment and planning B …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Urban streets provide environment for road running. The study proposes a non-parametric
approach that uses machine learning models to predict road running intensity. The models …

The utility of street view imagery in environmental audits for runnability

SR Harden, N Schuurman, H Larson, BB Walker - Applied Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the conduciveness of an environment for running is critical for promoting
community wellbeing through physical activity. In-person assessment of these factors is time …

Motivation and eco-attitudes among night runners during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Rozmiarek, P León-Guereño, MÁ Tapia-Serrano… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Running surrounded by nature at night, often with limited contact with other people, is one of
the safest physical activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this article is to …