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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"uncertain geographic context problem"”.
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Addressing the uncertain geographic context problem by advanced spatial analysis approaches based on GIS and GPS for environmental health studies
… among human movement, environmental context, and their effect on health outcomes. Considerable research has been conducted to advance our understanding of how environmental exposures affects health behaviors and outcomes. In many of these studies, however, environmental exposures are …
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Spatiotemporal approaches to understanding environmental justice and multi-contextual segregation
… known about how segregation in non-residential contexts impacts these inequalities. This dissertation argues that people experience segregation and unequal exposure to air pollution not only in their residential neighborhoods but also in various locations of daily activity, such as in the …
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Investigating the association between the built environment and active travel of young adults using location based technology
… different travel modes. Second, to overcome the Uncertain Geographic Context Problem (UGCP), I measured the built environmental features at the places where active travel occurred. Then, I modeled the active travel behaviors based on the environmental features using mixed logistic regression. …
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Listening to urban sound: A mixed-method approach for understanding human mobility, individual sound exposure, and psychological well-being
… Urbanization brings about ever-growing noise problems in cities. Exposure to high levels of sound is associated with health risks involving annoyance, disturbance, stress, cognitive performance impairment, hearing loss, and cardiovascular diseases. Despite great investment in noise abatement …