Examining associations of environmental characteristics with recreational cycling behaviour by street-level strava data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Sun, Yeran ^a   Du, Yunyan ^b   Wang, Yu ^a   Zhuang, Liyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Big data; Crowdsourced geographic information; Cycling; Strava; Street level

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CROWDSOURCING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; DATA SET; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BEHAVIOR; CYCLIST; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RECREATION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CITY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

GLASGOW [GLASGOW (ADS)]; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BICYCLING; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021137444     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14060644     Document Type: Article

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