The urban landscape as affordance for adolescents’ everyday physical activity
| Autor: | Kine Halvorsen Thorén, Ingunn Fjørtoft, Renata Aradi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Geography
Planning and Development Physical activity Norwegian Management Monitoring Policy and Law language.human_language 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical structure Geography 030225 pediatrics language 030212 general & internal medicine Urban landscape Affordance Neighbourhood (mathematics) Nature and Landscape Conservation General Environmental Science Cognitive psychology Actual use |
| Zdroj: | Landscape Research. 41:569-584 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9710 0142-6397 |
| Popis: | This study explores factors in the physical outdoor environment of the urban landscape that promote or hinder adolescents’ physical activity (PA). The analysis was inspired by Gibson’s affordance concept. The study combines actual use with potential affordances in neighbourhoods to generate special classes of actualised affordances. Two Norwegian school districts and their local neighbourhoods in different landscapes were selected as case areas. The patterns of adolescents’ everyday leisure-time activity were recorded using ‘children’s tracks’ methodology. Landscape characterisation connected the activity patterns to the physical structure of the landscape. Our study suggests that urban landscape structure is associated with PA patterns and adolescents’ choice of activity types. Our results confirm previous studies as regards the importance of neighbourhood design and facilities for PA in promoting such activity. |
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