This is the online first version published on 2021-12-09. Read the most recent version. Activity Spaces in Interdisciplinary and International Research Authors David J. Hölzel Technische Universität Dortmund https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2338-2094 DOI: https://doi.org/10.14512/rur.101 Keywords: Activity Space, Health, Methods, Mobility, Segregation, Time Geography Abstract Since the late 20th century activity spaces have mainly been perceived as a niche concept in German-speaking spatial research. Meanwhile, international research on activity spaces has developed further and gained quite some attention recently. This paper elaborates a comprehensive definition of activity spaces and presents current fields of application with special regard to research on travel behaviour, segregation and public health. Activity spaces as a concept improve estimates of the interactions between individuals and their respective social or built environments. Therefore, insights on activity spaces might ease the development of adequate planning and policy measures. In order to facilitate the systematic generation of future research questions, hypotheses, research designs and practice-oriented insights, this paper presents both a novel analytical concept and established methods for the study of activity spaces. The paper closes with considerations on possible research perspectives that lie beyond the current state of research. Downloads Download data is not yet available. Downloads PDF (German) HTML (German) XML (German) Published 2021-12-09 Versions 2022-04-29 (2) 2021-12-09 (1) Issue Vol. 80 No. 2 (2022) Section Research Article License Copyright (c) 2021 David J. Hölzel This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Articles in Raumforschung und Raumordnung – Spatial Research and Planning are published under a Creative Commons license. From Vol. 79 No. 2 (2021), the license applied is CC BY 4.0. From Vol. 77 No. 1 to Vol. 79 No.1, articles were published under a CC BY-SA license. Earlier volumes have been re-published by oekom 2022 under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License CC BY 4.0. How to Cite 1.Hölzel DJ. Activity Spaces in Interdisciplinary and International Research. RuR [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 9 [cited 2025 Apr. 28];80(2). Available from: https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/101 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Share
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