Activity Space Analysis
Activity space analysis measures the geographic area within which an individual moves and carries out their routine daily activities — home, work, shopping, leisure — and the travel that links them. By delineating this lived spatial footprint from observed visit locations, it reveals how far and in what directions people actually range, and what environments they are exposed to in the course of ordinary life. It bridges the behavioural geography of Golledge and Stimson with modern mobility and health research that links where people go to the contexts they encounter.
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Sources
- Golledge, R. G., & Stimson, R. J. (1997). Spatial Behavior: A Geographic Perspective. Guilford Press, New York. ISBN: 9781572300507
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Activity Space Analysis (Individual Spatial Behaviour). ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/human-geography/activity-space-analysis
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