The Effects of Urban Containment Policies on Public Health

Jeongbae Jeon, Solhee Kim and Sung Moon Kwon
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Jeongbae Jeon: Spatial Information Research Institute, Korea Land and Geospatial Informatix Corporation, 120 Giji-ro, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 54870, Korea
Solhee Kim: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-Gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
Sung Moon Kwon: Division of Urban Landscape, Daegu University, Gyeongsan 38453, Korea

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 9, 1-11

Abstract: Public health risks such as obesity are influenced by numerous personal characteristics, but the local spatial structure such as an area’s built environment can also affect the obesity rate. This study analyzes and discusses how a greenbelt plan as a tool of urban containment policy has an effect on obesity. This study conducted spatial econometric regression models with five factors (13 variables) including transportation, socio-economic, public health, region, and policy factors. The relationship was analyzed between two policy effects of a greenbelt (i.e., a green buffer zone) and obesity. The variables for two policy effects of greenbelt zones are the size of the greenbelt and the inside and outside areas of the greenbelt. The results indicate that the two variables have negative effects on obesity. The results of the analyses in this study have several policy implications. Greenbelts play a role as an urban growth management policy, leading to a reduced obesity rate due to the influence of the transportation mode. In addition, greenbelts can also reduce the obesity rate because they provide recreation spaces for people.

Keywords: obesity; public health; urban containment policy; greenbelt; spatial economic analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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