The effects of physical activity facilities on vigorous physical activity in gated and non-gated neighborhoods

[en] Physical activity is important for health and it is believed that the availability of physical activity facilities (PAF) within the neighborhood encourages physical activity, especially vigorous physical activity (VPA). The main purpose of providing PAF, particularly in gated neighborhoods, is to encourage physical activity. However, there are few studies that investigate the differences of PAF in gated and non-gated neighborhoods and the effect of providing PAF on VPA in developing countries. Therefore, the objectives of this study are to compare PAF and VPA in gated and non-gated neighborhoods and to investigate the association between PAF and VPA in developing countries with special reference to Karachi, Pakistan. A subjective method (IPAQ-Short) was used to calculate VPA in a week (n = 1042 adults), while PAF was measured through aerial maps and ground observations within 1 km2 areas of gated and non-gated neighborhoods. An independent sample t-test was used to compare PAF and VPA in gated and non-gated neighborhoods, whereas Gama tests were used to investigate the association of PAF with VPA. Results show that PAF and VPA are significantly higher in gated neighborhoods than non-gated neighborhoods. The results also show that 42.3% of people get >600 MET-minutes in a week if the number of PAF is >6 in a 1 km2 neighborhood area. It can be concluded that future neighborhoods should have an appropriate number of PAF for making residents as physically active as possible. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Disciplines :

Civil engineering
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Regional & inter-regional studies

Author, co-author :

Gul, Y.; NIT-SCEE National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Sultan, Z.; Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, University Technology, Malaysia

Moeinaddini, Mehdi ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Transports et mobilité

Jokhio, G. A.; Faculty of Civil Engineering and Earth Resources, University Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia

Language :

English

Title :

The effects of physical activity facilities on vigorous physical activity in gated and non-gated neighborhoods

Publication date :

2018

Journal title :

Land Use Policy

ISSN :

0264-8377

eISSN :

1873-5754

Publisher :

Elsevier Ltd

Volume :

Pages :

155-162

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Funders :

National University of Science and Technology (NUST)
NED University of Engineering and Technology

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