Vitality Data Center

Jan 1, 0001

The Vitality Data Center (VDC) project is a joint project between Utrecht University and Eindhoven University of Technology and part of Vitality Academy (https://vitalityacademy.eu/about/). The VDC project addresses vitality and public health related issues, and aims at 1. developing a data platform that can facilitate various vitality-related ‘living lab’ projects; 2. investigating the relationship between physical activities and built environments (such as green spaces and street networks). The developments from the project can be found in the Github repository, https://github.com/vitality-data-center.

Related publications:

  1. Zhang, S., Wang, Z., Helbich, M., & Ettema, D. (2023). Assessing runners’ exposure to natural and built environments in the Netherlands: A descriptive assessment based on GPS tracking. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 1-20.

  2. Wang, Z., Ettema, D., & Helbich, M. (2023). Age as effect modifier of the associations between the physical environment and adults’ neighborhood walking in the Netherlands. Cities, 135, 104194.

  3. Lam, T. M., Wang, Z., Vaartjes, I., Karssenberg, D., Ettema, D., Helbich, M., … & Lakerveld, J. (2022). Development of an objectively measured walkability index for the Netherlands. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1), 50.

  4. Lam, T. M., Wang, Z., Vaartjes, I., Karssenberg, D., Helbich, M., Timmermans, E. J., … & Lakerveld, J. (2021, August). Development and validation of a nationwide walkability index for the Netherlands using transport survey data. In ISEE Conference Abstracts (Vol. 2021, No. 1).

  5. Wang, Z., Ettema, D., & Helbich, M. (2021). Objective environmental exposures correlate differently with recreational and transportation walking: A cross-sectional national study in the Netherlands. Environmental research, 194, 110591.

  6. Wang, Z., & Zlatanova, S. (2019). Safe route determination for first responders in the presence of moving obstacles. IEEE transactions on intelligent transportation systems, 21(3), 1044-1053.

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