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Research note: residential distance and recreational visits to coastal and inland blue spaces in eighteen countries
Journal Title
Landscape and Urban Planning
Year (definitive publication)
2020
Language
English
Country
Netherlands
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Abstract
Varied categorisations of residential distance to bluespace in population health studies make comparisons difficult. Using survey data from eighteen countries, we modelled relationships between residential distance to blue spaces (coasts, lakes, and rivers), and self-reported recreational visits to these environments at least weekly, with penalised regression splines. We observed exponential declines in visit probability with increasing distance to all three environments and demonstrated the utility of derived categorisations. These categories may be broadly applicable in future research where the assumed underlying mechanism between residential distance to a blue space and a health outcome is direct recreational contact.
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Keywords
Proximity,Water,Coast,Lake,River,Spline
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Earth and related Environmental Sciences - Natural Sciences
- Biological Sciences - Natural Sciences
- Social and Economic Geography - Social Sciences
Funding Records
| Funding Reference | Funding Entity |
|---|---|
| 666773 | Comissão Europeia |
| UIDB/03125/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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