Spatial data collection and qualification methods for urban parks in Brazilian capitals: An innovative roadmap.

ABSTRACT: Urban parks have been studied for their effects on health and the environment. Accessing park data from reliable and comparable sources remains challenging, reinforcing the importance of standardized search tools, notably in Latin America. We designed a systematized methodology to identify processes of accessing, collecting, verifying, and harmonizing urban park spatial data in all Brazilian capitals included in the Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL) project. We developed a research protocol using official and non-official sources combining the results of Google Maps (GMaps) points and OpenStreetMap (OSM) polygons-GMaps-OSM. Descriptive analyses included the frequency of the distribution of parks before and after harmonization stratified by data source. We used the intraclass correla

SUBMITTER: Slovic AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10414613 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature