Perception assessment of environmental factors related to leisure-time physical activity in an urban stream corridor

Irene Gargiuloa , Marta Benages-Alberta, Xavier Garciaabc & Pere Vall-Casasa*a School of Architecture, Universitat International de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spainb Department of Geography, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spainc Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies of Barcelona, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, SpainIrene Gargiulo Engineer. PhD fellow in Urban Design and Planning at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). She is member of the research group Community-based Urbanism. MSc in International Cooperation and Sustainable Emergency Architecture. Her research focuses on qualitative methodologies and the relationship between urban planning and public health.Marta Benages-Albert Architect. PhD in Architecture. Associate professor of the Urban Design Department at the UIC, Barcelona, Spain. She is member of the research group Community-based Urbanism. Her research focuses on qualitative methodologies and access to communities' experiential knowledge and pro-environmental behaviour.Xavier Garcia Environmental scientist. He has a PhD in Experimental Sciences and Sustainability. He is member of the research group Community-based Urbanism. His principal line of research revolves around the integrated management of water and water-related resources, from the social and geographical science perspectives.Pere Vall-Casas Architect. PhD in Urban Design and Planning. Professor of Urbanism at the UIC. He directs the Research Group on Community-Based Urbanism. He has published articles and led research projects on river landscape and cultural heritage, sprawl repair through pre-urban patterns, social recovery of metropolitan river corridors, and effects of the social use of the rivers on public health.