Author:
Matthews Stephen,Kim Peter
Abstract
Activity space research has an established tradition in geography, particularly in behavioral geography. Across many health and social behavioral areas of research fields, there is an increasing need to better understand place‐based exposures and how these influence individual‐level outcomes. In this context, an activity space perspective provides an opportunity to redefine how the relationships between people and places are examined. Technological developments in geospatial data collection and the leveraging of new forms of spatiotemporal data on human mobility have generated considerable interest in activity space concepts, measures, visualization, and analytical methods. Today, activity space research is a vibrant area driven by the need for theoretical development, an ever‐expanding range of applications, attention to methodological challenges, and the need for innovative approaches to handling new forms of activity space data.