Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15510%2F15%3A33155235" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15510/15:33155235 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://gymnica.upol.cz/pdfs/gym/2015/04/05.pdf" target="_blank" >http://gymnica.upol.cz/pdfs/gym/2015/04/05.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ag.2015.023" target="_blank" >10.5507/ag.2015.023</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Active commuting of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas

Original language description

Background: Active commuting in terms of everyday transport to school or work can have a significant effect on physical activity. Active commuting can be influenced by the environment, and examples from abroad show that current environmental changes tendmostly to promote passive forms of commuting. A similar situation of decreasing active commuting might be expected in the Czech Republic. However, little information has been published to date about the issue of active commuting among the inhabitants ofour country. Objective: The main objective of the present study is to describe the active commuting patterns of the inhabitants of Liberec city in low and high walkability areas. Methods: A total of 23,621 economically active inhabitants or students ofLiberec city aged 6-87 years (34.77 +- 14.39) participated in the study. The data about commuting were retrieved from the national Population and Housing Census of 2011. Geographic information systems were used to objectively analyze the

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AK - Sport and leisure time activities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-26896S" target="_blank" >GA14-26896S: Multifactorial research on built environment, active lifestyle and physical fitness in Czech adolescents</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Gymnica

ISSN

2336-4912

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

195-202

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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