Social networks and healthy cities: spreading good practices based on a spanish case study

The city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain is considered a "healthy city" and has implemented sustainable actions to increase the mobility of its healthcare professionals. The objectives of this study are firstly to account for the use of bicycles at work as a strategy for a healthy city and sec...

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Published in:Geographical review 2017-10, Vol.107 (4), p.624-639
Main Authors: Benito del pozo, Paz, Serrano, Néstor, Marqués-sánchez, Pilar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bicycles
Bicycling
Case studies
Chronic illnesses
Cities
Health care
healthy city
Medical geography
Medical personnel
Mobility
Opinion leaders
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Social interactions
Social network analysis
Social networks
Social organization
Social support
sustainable urban development
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:The city of Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain is considered a "healthy city" and has implemented sustainable actions to increase the mobility of its healthcare professionals. The objectives of this study are firstly to account for the use of bicycles at work as a strategy for a healthy city and secondly to propose a conceptual framework for analyzing this network and its capacity to spread their practices The paradigm proposed is that of social networks, within which sharing between contacts is explained by means of two models: the "threshold model" and "opinion leaders".
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846
DOI:10.1111/j.1931-0846.2016.12210.x