Natural and built environmental exposures on children's active school travel: A Dutch global positioning system-based cross-sectional study

Autor: Helbich, M, Zeylmans Van Emmichoven, M, Dijst, M, Kwan, M-P, Pierik, F, de Vries, S, SGPL Stadsgeografie, ICT, Landdegradatie en aardobservatie, Social Urban Transitions, Landscape functioning, Geocomputation and Hydrology
Přispěvatelé: SGPL Stadsgeografie, ICT, Landdegradatie en aardobservatie, Social Urban Transitions, Landscape functioning, Geocomputation and Hydrology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Male
Health (social science)
Geographic information system
Urban Mobility & Environment
Geography
Planning and Development
Transportation
Level design
Walking
Building-roughness index
0302 clinical medicine
Urban Development
Residence Characteristics
030212 general & internal medicine
Built Environment
Mode choice
Child
Built environment
Netherlands
Schools
05 social sciences
Geography
Health
Global Positioning System
Female
Cycling
03 medical and health sciences
Urban planning
Environmental health
0502 economics and business
Humans
Space syntax
Weather
050210 logistics & transportation
Elementary school children
business.industry
Environmental exposures
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
The Netherlands
Weather
natural and built environment
Bicycling
Cross-Sectional Studies
Active and passive transport
SUMS - Sustainable Urban Mobility and Safety
Geographic Information Systems
Environment Design
ELSS - Earth
Life and Social Sciences
business
Global positioning system
natural and built environment
Zdroj: Health and Place, 39, 101. Elsevier
Health and Place, 39, 101-109
ISSN: 1353-8292
Popis: Physical inactivity among children is on the rise. Active transport to school (ATS), namely walking and cycling there, adds to children's activity level. Little is known about how exposures along actual routes influence children's transport behavior. This study examined how natural and built environments influence mode choice among Dutch children aged 6-11 years. 623 school trips were tracked with global positioning system. Natural and built environmental exposures were determined by means of a geographic information system and their associations with children's active/passive mode choice were analyzed using mixed models. The actual commuted distance is inversely associated with ATS when only personal, traffic safety, and weather features are considered. When the model is adjusted for urban environments, the results are reversed and distance is no longer significant, whereas well-connected streets and cycling lanes are positively associated with ATS. Neither green space nor weather is significant. As distance is not apparent as a constraining travel determinant when moving through urban landscapes, planning authorities should support children's ATS by providing well-designed cities. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
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