@article{mullenbach_larson_floyd_marquet_huang_alberico_ogletree_hipp_2022, title={Cultivating social capital in diverse, low-income neighborhoods: The value of parks for parents with young children}, volume={219}, ISSN={["1872-6062"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.lurbplan.2021.104313}, journal={LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING}, author={Mullenbach, Lauren E. and Larson, Lincoln R. and Floyd, Myron F. and Marquet, Oriol and Huang, Jing-Huei and Alberico, Claudia and Ogletree, S. Scott and Hipp, J. Aaron}, year={2022}, month={Mar} } @article{marquet_hirsch_kerr_jankowska_mitchell_hart_laden_aaron hipp_james_2022, title={GPS-based activity space exposure to greenness and walkability is associated with increased accelerometer-based physical activity}, volume={165}, ISSN={["1873-6750"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.envint.2022.107317}, abstractNote={Built and natural environments may provide opportunities for physical activity. However, studies are limited by primarily using residential addresses to define exposure and self-report to measure physical activity. We quantified associations between global positioning systems (GPS)-based activity space measures of environmental exposure and accelerometer-based physical activity. Using a nationwide sample of working female adults (N = 354), we obtained seven days of GPS and accelerometry data. We created Daily Path Area activity spaces using GPS data and linked these activity spaces to spatial datasets on walkability (EPA Smart Location Database at the Census block group level) and greenness (satellite vegetation at 250 m resolution). We utilized generalized additive models to examine nonlinear associations between activity space exposures and accelerometer-derived physical activity outcomes adjusted for demographic characteristics, socioeconomic factors, and self-rated health. Higher activity space walkability was associated with higher levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity, and higher activity space greenness was associated with greater numbers of steps per week. No strong relationships were observed for sedentary behavior or light physical activity. Highest levels of moderate-vigorous physical activity were observed for participants with both high walkability and high greenness in their activity spaces. This study contributes evidence that higher levels of physical activity occur in environments with more dense, diverse, and well-connected built environments, and with higher amounts of vegetation. These data suggest that urban planners, landscape architects, and policy makers should implement and evaluate environmental interventions to encourage higher levels of physical activity.}, journal={ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL}, author={Marquet, Oriol and Hirsch, Jana A. and Kerr, Jacqueline and Jankowska, Marta M. and Mitchell, Jonathan and Hart, Jaime E. and Laden, Francine and Aaron Hipp, J. and James, Peter}, year={2022}, month={Jul} } @article{marquet_hipp_alberico_huang_mazak_fry_lovasi_floyd_2019, title={How Does Park Use and Physical Activity Differ between Childhood and Adolescence? A Focus on Gender and Race-Ethnicity}, volume={96}, ISSN={1099-3460 1468-2869}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-019-00388-8}, DOI={10.1007/s11524-019-00388-8}, abstractNote={Physical activity typically declines between childhood and adolescence. Despite urban parks being a great venue for physical activity, children change both the frequency of park use and their park use habits as they age into adolescence. However, little is known about how these differences vary by gender and how distinct race/ethnicity groups differentially change their park habits. This study analyzed the differences in park use and per capita energy expenditure between children and teenagers of different gender and race/ethnicity backgrounds. Using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC), systematic observations were conducted in 20 New York City parks in 2017, located in low-income areas with high presence of Latino or Asian residents. A total of 9963 scans in 167 distinct target areas counted 16,602 children (5-10 years old) and 11,269 teenagers (11 or older). Using adjusted marginal means, we estimated the number of park users of each age range, gender, and race/ethnicity expected to be found in each park activity setting. Teenagers of both genders and most race/ethnicity groups were less likely to be in a park and had lower per capita energy expenditure, compared with children. The difference in park attendance was greater than the difference in per capita energy expenditure. Dissimilarities were clearly gendered and race/ethnicity dependent. Asian and Latino females showed the greatest divergence between childhood and adolescence. African American boys were the only group to show a positive age contrast in park attendance and per capita energy expenditure.}, number={5}, journal={Journal of Urban Health}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Marquet, Oriol and Hipp, J. Aaron and Alberico, Claudia and Huang, Jing-Huei and Mazak, Elizabeth and Fry, Dustin and Lovasi, Gina S. and Floyd, Myron F.}, year={2019}, month={Sep}, pages={692–702} } @article{marquet_aaron hipp_alberico_huang_fry_mazak_lovasi_floyd_2019, title={Park use preferences and physical activity among ethnic minority children in low-income neighborhoods in New York City}, volume={38}, ISSN={1618-8667}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2019.01.018}, DOI={10.1016/j.ufug.2019.01.018}, abstractNote={Urban parks offer a broad range of opportunities for children's recreation and physical activity. Park use patterns however are not equal in terms of race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. In order to design policies to improve park design and to provide healthy park experiences among children of communities of color, insight on park use patterns is needed. This research examines the association between park characteristics and park use among children 5–10 years old from Asian, Latino and African American backgrounds. Using the System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC), systematic observations were conducted in 20 New York City parks in 2017, located in low-income areas with high presence of Latino or Asian residents. 16,577 children from 5 to 10 years old were observed. Playgrounds and swings were common use areas across ethnicities, both in terms of number of children and their physical activity. Other activity settings such as basketball courts, handball and baseball fields showed distinct patterns of use among the different ethnicities. Significant associations between park use, physical activity levels and the characteristics of the park area, with distinct patterns by race/ethnicity. Findings underline the importance of considering different design and features when trying to appeal to different populations.}, journal={Urban Forestry & Urban Greening}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Marquet, Oriol and Aaron Hipp, J. and Alberico, Claudia and Huang, Jing-Huei and Fry, Dustin and Mazak, Elizabeth and Lovasi, Gina S. and Floyd, Myron F.}, year={2019}, month={Feb}, pages={346–353} } @article{marquet_hipp_alberico_huang_fry_mazak_lovasi_floyd_2019, title={Short-term associations between objective crime, park-use, and park-based physical activity in low-income neighborhoods}, volume={126}, ISSN={0091-7435}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.05.023}, DOI={10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.05.023}, abstractNote={Crime and safety perceptions are commonly cited barriers to park use and physical activity (PA). Given the importance of parks as settings for outdoor recreation and physical activity, the presence of crime may have a detrimental effect on public health. This study uses objective police crime reports and observational park use data to assess type of crime and the time when the crime was committed effects on park user behaviors in 20 parks located in low-income neighborhoods in New York City. The System for Observing Play and Recreation in Communities (SOPARC) was used to assess the number of park users and their physical activity during 78 park visits in Spring 2017. The association between crime rates and park use was assessed using two types of crimes (violent and property crimes). The timing of the crime was assessed using the crimes committed within periods of one week, one month, and three months prior to the visit to the park. By including objective measures of crime together with the exact time on which they were committed, we were able to analyze the short and long term effects of crime on park behavior. Overall, there was a consistent negative association between crime and park use. This relationship was stronger at the 1 month and 3 months' period and weaker at the 1-week period. Violent crimes were strongly associated with lower park use, and crimes proved to be associated with child park use to a greater degree. Girls were more affected by crime than boys.}, journal={Preventive Medicine}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Marquet, Oriol and Hipp, J. Aaron and Alberico, Claudia and Huang, Jing-Huei and Fry, Dustin and Mazak, Elizabeth and Lovasi, Gina S. and Floyd, Myron F.}, year={2019}, month={Sep}, pages={105735} } @article{marquet_hipp_alberico_huang_fry_mazak_lovasi_floyd_2019, title={Use of SOPARC to assess physical activity in parks: do race/ethnicity, contextual conditions, and settings of the target area, affect reliability?}, volume={19}, ISSN={["1471-2458"]}, url={http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85077054262&partnerID=MN8TOARS}, DOI={10.1186/s12889-019-8107-0}, abstractNote={Abstract Background Since its introduction in 2006, SOPARC (Systematic Observation of Play and Recreation in Communities) has become a fundamental tool to quantify park visitor behaviors and characteristics. We tested SOPARC reliability when assessing race/ethnicity, physical activity, contextual conditions at the time of observation, and settings of target areas to understand its utility when trying to account for individual characteristics of users. Methods We used 4725 SOPARC observations completed simultaneously by two independent observers to evaluate intraclass correlation and agreement rate between the two observers when trying to assess sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and level of physical activity of urban park users in different park settings. Observations were in 20 New York City parks during Spring and Summer 2017 within the PARC3 project. Results Observers counted 25,765 park users with high interobserver reliability (ICC = .94; %Agreement.75). Reliability scores were negatively affected by the population being observed, the intensity of physical activity, and the contextual conditions and settings of the target area at the time of observation. Specific challenges emerged when assessing the combination of physical activity and race/ethnicity. Conclusions SOPARC training should aim to improve reliability when assessing concurrent measures such as physical activity, race/ethnicity, age, and sex. Similarly, observing crowded park areas with many active users areas may require more observation practice hours. }, number={1}, journal={BMC PUBLIC HEALTH}, author={Marquet, Oriol and Hipp, J. Aaron and Alberico, Claudia and Huang, Jing-Huei and Fry, Dustin and Mazak, Elizabeth and Lovasi, Gina S. and Floyd, Myron F.}, year={2019}, month={Dec} } @article{garcia-sierra_miralles-guasch_martinez-melo_marquet_2018, title={Empirical analysis of travellers' routine choice of means of transport in Barcelona, Spain}, volume={55}, ISSN={["1873-5517"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.trf.2018.02.018}, abstractNote={The present study identifies groups of travellers according to their routine choice of means of transport in the context of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region. Clustering procedures are used to classify travellers according to the self-reported frequency of use of different travel modes. The extracted segments are then profiled with regards to their residence location, socioeconomic traits, access to a car, and other factors that relate to routines becoming habits – (low) use of travel information and disproportionate use of their preferred means of transport. This exercise is of great interest because the incidence of driving habits and other psychological determinants of (un)sustainable travel mode choice are under-researched factors in Barcelona. Data was retrieved from the Survey of Daily Mobility of Catalonia 2006. We identified seven relatively homogeneous segments of transport users, of which two groups are routine users of private vehicles for whom their modal choice is apparently disconnected from situational factors, namely Motorcycle enthusiasts and Car drivers. These groups also share common traits regarding their minimal use of travel information and narrow modal mix (unimodality). The results suggest that it may be valuable to explore the issue of driving habits formation in the context of Barcelona in depth, as it has implications for the design of environmental policy for transport.}, journal={TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR}, author={Garcia-Sierra, Marta and Miralles-Guasch, Carme and Martinez-Melo, Montserrat and Marquet, Oriol}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={365–379} } @article{vich_marquet_miralles-guasch_2019, title={Green exposure of walking routes and residential areas using smartphone tracking data and GIS in a Mediterranean city}, volume={40}, ISSN={["1610-8167"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.ufug.2018.08.008}, abstractNote={The aim of this study was to explore the exposure to green elements of residents in a compact and dense Mediterranean city, with a main focus on the exposure to traditional green elements such as parks and gardens and also less-explored elements such as public squares, boulevards, and beaches. Differences between walking and residential environments between morphologically distinct residential areas are also analysed. To achieve this, both residential and GPS-based exposure measures were obtained with GIS and smartphone tracking data for 129 adult individuals from Barcelona, Spain. Results have shown how using smartphone tracking data allows obtaining a higher density of green elements and the different types of these elements that residential buffers are not able to detect. Furthermore, research findings highlight the importance of urban form in the provision of green spaces in cities and that alternative greenness can be found in other types of open spaces beyond public parks.}, journal={URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING}, author={Vich, Guillem and Marquet, Oriol and Miralles-Guasch, Carme}, year={2019}, month={Apr}, pages={275–285} } @article{vich_marquet_miralles-guasch_2019, title={Green streetscape and walking: Exploring active mobility patterns in dense and compact cities}, volume={12}, ISSN={["2214-1405"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jth.2018.11.003}, abstractNote={Being physically active in natural environments has been linked with multiple mental and physical health benefits. However, not all urban contexts can provide their residents the same access to green areas for walking and sport activities. Mediterranean cities provide open spaces for physical activity that differ from those of Northern European cities. This study explores both conventional spaces in the form of public parks and urban green spaces, i.e. beaches, tree-lined streets, boulevards and public squares, in relation to the daily walking levels of residents in a Mediterranean city, such as Barcelona by presenting findings based on examining and assessing spatio-temporal exposure levels measured with the help of smartphones and publicly available GIS layers. To achieve this, both exposure and daily walking time were measured from GIS and GPS-based smartphone tracking data for 127 adult individuals from Barcelona, Spain. Based on these measurements, it was determined that the presence of large-scale open spaces for physical activity, such as beaches or large parks in the participants’ daily walking routes, proved to have the highest association with daily walking time. Also, underexplored forms of nature, such as street trees were also positively correlated with individual walking levels. Additionally, small-scale public spaces, such as public squares and boulevards, indicated a considerably negative association with walking time. The findings from this study confirm existing evidence on the health benefits of urban greenness and broaden the analytical focus on the role and impact of green space provision on physical health. Altogether, street trees and the presence of both blue and traditional green spaces proved to be significant factors of increased walking levels.}, journal={JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT & HEALTH}, author={Vich, Guillem and Marquet, Oriol and Miralles-Guasch, Carme}, year={2019}, month={Mar}, pages={50–59} } @article{tsai_mchale_jennings_marquet_hipp_leung_floyd_2018, title={Relationships between Characteristics of Urban Green Land Cover and Mental Health in U.S. Metropolitan Areas}, volume={15}, ISSN={1660-4601}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020340}, DOI={10.3390/ijerph15020340}, abstractNote={Urbanization increases risk for depression and other mental disorders. A growing body of research indicates the natural environment confers numerous psychological benefits including alleviation of mental distress. This study examined land cover types and landscape metrics in relation to mental health for 276 U.S. counties within metropolitan areas having a population of 1 million or more. County Health Rankings and Behavioral Risk and Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) provided a measure of mental health. The 2011 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) provided data on green land cover types, from which seven landscape metrics were generated to characterize landscape patterns. Spearman’s rho correlation and stepwise logistic regression models, respectively, were employed to examine bivariate and multivariate relationships. Models were adjusted for county population and housing density, region, race, and income to account for potential confounding. Overall, individual measures of landscape patterns showed stronger associations with mental health than percent total cover alone. Greater edge contrast was associated with 3.81% lower odds of Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) (Adjusted Odd’s Ratio (AOR) = 0.9619, 95% CI = 0.9371, 0.9860). Shrubland cohesion was associated with greater odds of FMD (AOR = 1.0751, 95% CI = 1.0196, 1.1379). In addition, distance between shrubland cover was associated with greater odds of FMD (AOR = 1.0027, 95% CI = 1.0016, 1.0041). Although effect sizes were small, findings suggest different types of landscape characteristics may have different roles in improving mental health.}, number={2}, journal={International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Tsai, Wei-Lun and McHale, Melissa and Jennings, Viniece and Marquet, Oriol and Hipp, J. and Leung, Yu-Fai and Floyd, Myron}, year={2018}, month={Feb}, pages={340} } @article{marquet_miralles-guasch_2017, title={EFFECTS OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS ON EVERYDAY MOBILITY IN THE BARCELONA METROPOLITAN REGION}, ISSN={["2605-3322"]}, DOI={10.21138/bage.2490}, abstractNote={
La crisis económica internacional ha tenido impactos en múltiples aspectos de la vida
cotidiana en España. Como soporte indispensable de la vida cotidiana, la movilidad también
se ha visto afectada por la pérdida de puestos de trabajo y la caída de la capacidad de gasto
de las familias. La dimensión de los cambios sin embargo depende en gran parte de las condiciones inherentes del territorio, que tiene la capacidad de potenciar o restringir las estrategias de adaptación a la crisis. El artículo propone un análisis de la movilidad cotidiana en la Región Metropolitana de Barcelona para el periodo 2004-2012, examinando la evolución de
los patrones de movilidad en los años previos y posteriores a la llegada de la crisis a España.
Los impactos sobre la movilidad diaria se contextualizan en base a la resiliencia territorial de
cada subámbito metropolitano: Barcelona, su 1ª y 2ª coronas metropolitanas, analizando las
distintas posibilidades de adaptación que cada territorio ofrece a sus ciudadanos.