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Social networks and healthy cities: spreading good practices based on a spanish case study

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Abstract The city of Vitoria‐Gasteiz in Spain is considered a “healthy city” and has implemented sustainable actions to increase the mobility of its healthcare professionals. The objectives of this study… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The city of Vitoria‐Gasteiz in Spain is considered a “healthy city” and has implemented sustainable actions to increase the mobility of its healthcare professionals. The objectives of this study are firstly to account for the use of bicycles at work as a strategy for a healthy city and secondly to propose a conceptual framework for analyzing this network and its capacity to spread their practices The paradigm proposed is that of social networks, within which sharing between contacts is explained by means of two models: the “threshold model” and “opinion leaders”.

Keywords: good practices; social networks; spreading good; healthy cities; cities spreading; networks healthy

Journal Title: Geographical Review
Year Published: 2017

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