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Is availability of public open space equitable across areas? Timperio, Anna, Ball, Kylie, Salmon, Jo, Roberts, Rebecca and Crawford, David 2007, Is availability of public open space equitable across areas?, Health & place, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 335-340. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Is availability of public open space equitable across areas? Author(s) Timperio, Anna Ball, Kylie Salmon, Jo Roberts, Rebecca Crawford, David Journal name Health & place Volume number 13 Issue number 2 Start page 335 End page 340 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication New York, N.Y. Publication date 2007-06 ISSN 1353-8292 1873-2054 Keyword(s) physical activity socio-economic status disadvantage environment neighbourhood availability ecological parks open space recreation Summary This study examined whether availability of public open spaces that can be used for recreation varies according to neighbourhood socio-economic disadvantage. Density and area of public open spaces were examined using a geographic information system and postal boundaries were used to define neighbourhoods. Neighbourhood socio-economic status (SES) was stratified into quintiles. Once neighbourhood population and geographic area were considered there were no differences in the number or total area of free-access, restricted access or sporting/recreation open spaces across quintiles of neighbourhood SES. Future research should examine whether the quality of public open spaces differ by neighbourhood SES. Language eng Field of Research 111712 Health Promotion Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, Elsevier Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30003803 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 03 Feb 2009, 15:14:46 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 13:32:55 EST Tue, 24 Sep 2013, 12:08:43 EST Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 23:52:32 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:23:50 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 27 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 446 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:03:37 EST

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