Correlation between Campus-Built Environment and Physical Fitness in College Students in Xi’an—A GIS Approach

Zijun Lu, Zhengao Li, Chuangui Mao, Yuanyuan Tan, Xingyue Zhang, Ling Zhang, Wenfei Zhu and Yuliang Sun
Additional contact information
Zijun Lu: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Zhengao Li: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Chuangui Mao: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Yuanyuan Tan: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Xingyue Zhang: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Ling Zhang: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Wenfei Zhu: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Yuliang Sun: Department of Exercise Science, School of Physical Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-14

Abstract: Background: This research aimed to investigate the correlation between students’ physical fitness and campus-built environment, which could put forward some suggestions for the construction of a campus environment. Method: Four colleges in Xi’an were regarded as special “semi-closed” spaces. Combined with ArcGIS and SPSS, the correlation between the built environment of colleges and the students’ physical fitness test results in 2019 was analyzed ( n = 1498). Results: regarding the men questioned in this research, there was a significant correlation between street connectivity and vital capacity, grip strength, 50 m running, 1000 m running, a significant correlation between land use mix and vital capacity, sit-and-reach, pull-up, grip strength, a significant correlation between green space per capita and vital capacity, grip strength, 50 m running, and a significant correlation between walk score and vital capacity, pull-up, grip strength, and 50 m running. Regarding the women questioned in this research, there was a significant correlation between street connectivity and vital capacity, grip strength, 50 m running, 800 m running, curl-up, a significant correlation between land use mix and vital capacity, sit-and-reach, curl-up, grip strength, 800 m running, a significant correlation between green space per capita and vital capacity, grip strength, curl-up, sit-and-reach, and a significant correlation between walk score and vital capacity, curl-up, grip strength, and 800 m running. Conclusion: the built environment on campus can indirectly affect the physical fitness of college students. Increasing the number of intersections and short connections of campus streets, ensuring that the green space of the campus meets the standards, and reasonably arranging the site selection of buildings are conducive to improving the physical fitness of students.

Keywords: built environment; physical fitness; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/13/7948/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/13/7948/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:13:p:7948-:d:851040

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().