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53
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2279
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1102

Overview

Myron F. Floyd is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on environmental science, social sciences, and psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics centering on urban and environmental issues. Main topics include:

  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
  • Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
  • Physical Activity and Health
  • Geographies of human-animal interactions
  • American Environmental and Regional History

Myron F. Floyd has contributed to several subfields within their areas of study, with particular emphasis on:

  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Social Psychology
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Transportation
  • Plant Science

Frequent publication venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work. These include:

  • Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Journal of Park and Recreation Administration
  • Journal of Healthy Eating and Active Living
  • Social & Cultural Geography
  • Elementa Science of the Anthropocene

Their recent papers exhibit themes related to urban parks, social capital, leisure studies, and public space, with examples such as:

  • "Cultivating social capital in diverse, low-income neighborhoods: The value of parks for parents with young children" (2021, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "Exploring public values through Twitter data associated with urban parks pre- and post- COVID-19" (2022, Landscape and Urban Planning)
  • "A national research agenda supporting green schoolyard development and equitable access to nature" (2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene)
  • "Slow violence in public parks in the U.S.: can we escape our troubling past?" (2022, Social & Cultural Geography)
  • "A People's Future of Leisure Studies: Political Cultural Black Outdoors Experiences" (2022, Journal of Park and Recreation Administration)

Collaboration appears to be an important aspect of this scientist's career. Frequent coauthors include:

  • J. Aaron Hipp
  • Jing-Huei Huang
  • Claudia Alberico
  • Oriol Marquet
  • S. Scott Ogletree

Best Publications

  • Role of Built Environments in Physical Activity, Obesity, and Cardiovascular Disease

    James F. Sallis;Myron F. Floyd;Daniel A. Rodríguez;Brian E. Saelens

  • Nature is Scary, Disgusting, and Uncomfortable:

    Robert D. Bixler;Myron F. Floyd

  • The Effect of Risk Perceptions on Intentions to Travel in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001

    Myron F. Floyd;Heather Gibson;Lori Pennington-Gray;Brijesh Thapa

  • Environmental Socialization Quantitative Tests of the Childhood Play Hypothesis

    Robert D. Bixler;Myron F. Floyd;William E. Hammitt

  • Contributions of leisure studies and recreation and park management research to the active living agenda.

    Geoffrey C. Godbey;Linda L. Caldwell;Myron F. Floyd;Laura L. Payne

  • Getting Beyond Marginality and Ethnicity: The Challenge for Race and Ethnic Studies in Leisure Research

    Myron F. Floyd

  • Disparities in physical activity and sedentary behaviors among US children and adolescents: prevalence, correlates, and intervention implications.

    Melicia C Whitt-Glover;Wendell C Taylor;Myron F Floyd;Michelle M Yore

  • Race, class, and leisure activity preferences: marginality and ethnicity revisited.

    Myron F. Floyd;Kimberly J. Shinew;Francis A. McGuire;Francis P. Noe

  • Constraints to Outdoor Recreation: A Multiple Hierarchy Stratification Perspective

    Kindal A. Shores;David Scott;Myron F. Floyd

  • Observed Fears and Discomforts among Urban Students on Field Trips to Wildland Areas

    Robert D. Bixler;Cynthia L. Carlisle;William E. Hammltt;Myron F. Floyd

  • Park-based physical activity in diverse communities of two U.S. cities. An observational study.

    Myron F. Floyd;John O. Spengler;Jason E. Maddock;Paul H. Gobster

  • Outdoor Time, Screen Time, and Connection to Nature: Troubling Trends Among Rural Youth?:

    Lincoln R. Larson;Rachel Szczytko;Edmond P. Bowers;Lauren E. Stephens

  • Understanding the relationship between race and leisure activities and constraints: exploring an alternative framework.

    Kimberly J. Shinew;Myron F. Floyd;Diana Parry

  • Park-Based Physical Activity Among Children and Adolescents

    Myron F. Floyd;Jason N. Bocarro;William R. Smith;Perver K. Baran

  • Profiling risk perceptions of tourists

    Myron F. Floyd;Lori Pennington-Gray

  • Structural inequalities in outdoor recreation participation: a multiple hierarchy stratification perspective.

    Jin-Hyung Lee;David Scott;Myron F. Floyd

  • Coming to Terms with Environmental Justice in Outdoor Recreation: A Conceptual Discussion with Research Implications

    Myron F Floyd;Cassandra Y. Johnson

  • Effects of acculturation and structural assimilation in resource-based recreation: the case of Mexican Americans.

    Myron F. Floyd;James H. Gramann

  • Environmental Justice: A Framework for Collaboration Between the Public Health and Parks and Recreation Fields to Study Disparities in Physical Activity

    Wendell C. Taylor;Myron F. Floyd;Melicia C. Whitt-Glover;Joseph Brooks

  • Park Use Among Youth and Adults Examination of Individual, Social, and Urban Form Factors

    Perver K. Baran;William R. Smith;Robin C. Moore;Myron F. Floyd

Frequent Co-Authors

Gina S. Lovasi
Gina S. Lovasi Drexel University
Monika Stodolska
Monika Stodolska University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karla A. Henderson
Karla A. Henderson North Carolina State University
Lori Pennington-Gray
Lori Pennington-Gray University of South Carolina
William E. Hammitt
William E. Hammitt Clemson University
Thomas L. McKenzie
Thomas L. McKenzie San Diego State University
Jacqueline Kerr
Jacqueline Kerr University of California, San Diego
Gregory J. Norman
Gregory J. Norman Dexcom (United States)
Edmond P. Bowers
Edmond P. Bowers Clemson University
Linda L. Caldwell
Linda L. Caldwell Pennsylvania State University

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