Children's active commuting to schools in different neighbourhoods: Design of streets as child friendy environments için kapak resmi
Children's active commuting to schools in different neighbourhoods: Design of streets as child friendy environments
Başlık:
Children's active commuting to schools in different neighbourhoods: Design of streets as child friendy environments
Yazar:
Abatay, Gülce, author.
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
xiii, 125 leaves: color illustrarions, plans, charts;+ 1 computer laser optical disc
Özet:
The study examines the factors that affect the 8-11 years old primary school students' commute to school by using active transportation modes (i.e., walking and bicycling). Active commuting to school is promoted for children as the main opportunity for children’s physical activity for their physical and even mental health. However, in recent years there has been a significant decrease in the number of children who engage in physical activity in many parts of the world including Turkey. As a result of rapid urbanization, decreasing number of open spaces in urban areas and also increasing level of car ownership are seen as the main reasons for children’s passive lifestyles. One of the easiest and most practical ways to adopt physical activity in children's daily life is to enable children to commute to their school by walking or bicycling. On the other hand, although there are increasing number of studies abroad, there is an important literature gap about the factors affecting children’s active commuting to school in Turkey. Besides multiple social factors (such as parents' concerns about the safety of their children) children's perceptions about physical characteristics of the built environment (such as land use and vehicular traffic) are some of the significant factors shaping travel mode of children to school. The aim of this study is to identify the social and physical factors that affect mode choice of children's commuting to their school while examining children's and their parents' experiences and expectations about the built environment. Developing as a study about 8-11 years old primary school students in two schools of two neighbourhoods in Bornova/Izmir, this thesis deploys fields observations and majorly user surveys with these children and their parents about their experiences of commuting to school. Finally, it develops recommendations and strategies for the physical design of the streets for children to use active transportation opportunities.
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Tek Biçim Eser Adı:
Thesis (Master)--İzmir Institute of Technology:City and Regional Planning.

İzmir Institute of Technology:City and Regional Planning--Thesis (Master).
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