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The urban landscape as affordance for adolescents’ everyday physical activity

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  • Renáta Aradi
  • Kine Halvorsen Thorén
  • Ingunn Fjørtoft

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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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  • Renáta Aradi & Kine Halvorsen Thorén & Ingunn Fjørtoft, 2016. "The urban landscape as affordance for adolescents’ everyday physical activity," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(5), pages 569-584, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:41:y:2016:i:5:p:569-584
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2015.1077943
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    1. Lennon, Mick & Douglas, Owen & Scott, Mark, 2019. "Responsive environments: An outline of a method for determining context sensitive planning interventions to enhance health and wellbeing," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 80(C), pages 68-78.

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