Building running-friendly cities: effects of streetscapes on running using 9.73 million fitness tracker data in Shanghai, China.

ABSTRACT: The association between built environment and physical activity has been recognized. However, how and to what extent microscale streetscapes are related to running activity remains underexplored, partly due to the lack of running data in large urban areas. Moreover, few studies have examined the interactive effects of macroscale built environment and microscale streetscapes. This study examines the main and interactive effects of the two-level environments on running intensity, using 9.73 million fitness tracker data from Keep in Shanghai, China. Results of spatial error model showed that: 1) the explanatory power of microscale streetscapes was higher than that of macroscale built environment with R² of 0.245 and 0.240, respectively, which is different from the prior finding tha

SUBMITTER: Guo H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11334487 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature