Evaluation of Walking Comfort in Children’s School Travel at Street Scale

A Case Study in Tianjin (China)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15499359
AutoresJin Zuo (0000-0002-4425-8041, Tianjin University, autor correspondente), Tong Mu (0000-0002-2686-0725, Tianjin University), Tianyi Xiao (0000-0003-1358-3690, Tianjin University), Tian-Yi Xiao (Tianjin University), Jiancheng Luo (0000-0002-1417-3995, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Jian-Cheng Luo (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
Ano2021
Volume18
Fascículo19
Páginas10292-10292
Data de publicação2021-09-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph181910292
PMID34639591
OpenAlexW3203350684
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas34

(1) Background: school travel is an important part of a child's daily activities. A comfortable walking environment can encourage children to walk to school. The existing methods of evaluating walking environments are not specific to children's walks to school. (2) Methods: this study proposes a method of evaluating walking comfort in children traveling to school at street scale. Related indexes were selected that reflect children's school travel behavior and their needs in street environments based on walking environment audit tools. Factor analysis was then used to calculate the relative weight of each index. (3) Results: the new evaluation method was tested in the neighborhoods around the First Central Primary School in Hedong District, Tianjin, China. The walking comfort for children's school travel was evaluated in eight indexes: effective street width; street flatness; street cleanliness; interface diversity; buffer; shade coverage; green looking ratio; and sound decibels. Different classes and types of streets were found to have various vulnerabilities. (4) Conclusions: this evaluation method can accurately locate the weak spots in streets to improve the local policymakers' perception of street environments, which can greatly facilitate the implementation of precise measures to promote children walking to school

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