Four dimensions of neighbourhood form related to children's walks to school
This paper aims to provide an empirically grounded understanding of Pikora et al.’s design dimensions in relation to children’s walks to and from school. It reviews school travel studies investigating neighbourhood design elements. Town planning and public health researchers have invested much time in analysing the factors that facilitate as well as constrain children’s walks to school. The resulting empirical evidence can be conveniently categorised into street functionality, traffic safety, school destination and natural aesthetics. Therefore, the following sections categorise the school travel literature to provide the empirical evidence needed to substantiate the use of these design dimensions in light of the school walk as well as to develop the argument that design features of walkable paths to and from school are invariably misunderstood.
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- Romero, V
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- Publication Date: 2011-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 8p
- Monograph Title: State of Australian Cities National Conference, Tuesday, 29 November - Friday, 2 December, 2011, Melbourne, Victoria
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Children; Modal split; Mode choice; Neighborhoods; Schools; Travel; Travel behavior; Urban development; Walking
- Uncontrolled Terms: Policy and planning
- ATRI Terms: Child; Modal choice; Neighbourhood; School; Travel behaviour; Urban form; Walking
- Subject Areas: Education and Training; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01374083
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 9780646568058
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 27 2012 9:55AM