I am interested in theory and case studies on distances and safety of pathways to primary school and playgrounds in the neighbourhood.
There is quite a lot of work on children's health, active travel to work such as walking and bicycling, and urban form, like these ones:
Mitra, R., Buliung, R.N. (2015) Exploring differences in school travel mode choice between children and youth. Transport Policy 42: 4-11.
Faulkner, G., Mitra, R., Buliung, R., Fusco, C., & Stone, M. in press. Children’s outdoor play time, physical activity, and parental perceptions of the neighbourhood environment. International Journal of Play.
Mammen, G. Stone, M., Buliung, R., Faulkner, G. 2014 School Travel Planning in Canada: Identifying child, family, and school-level characteristics associated with travel mode shift from driving to active school travel. Journal of Transport and Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2014.09.004i
Mitra, R., and Buliung, R. 2014. The influence of neighbourhood environment and household travel interactions on school travel behaviour: An exploration using geographically-weighted models. Journal of Transport Geography 36: 69-78.
Rothman, L., Macarthur, C., To, Teresa, Buliung, R., Howard, A. 2014. Motor vehicle-pedestrian collisions and walking to school: the role of the built environment. Pediatrics 33(5): 776-784.
Mitra, R., Faulkner, G., Buliung, R. (2014) Do parental perceptions of neighbourhood environment influence children’s independent mobility? Urban Studies (DOI: 10.1177/0042098013519140). 20 pages
Dear Visnja, I agree with Andre Sorensen, there are a lot of researches about this topic. In my opinion, may be interesting to focus in the relationship between green spaces an children health, in the same way that this paper: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1308038/ or http://www.edphis.org.uk/Report_on_Place_and_Children.pdf
In Barcelona, there is an interesing group named CREAL that works in this kind of studies.
By other way, in Scotland there is a research Center: Openspace, where CAtherine WArd Thomson develops her interesting research lines about it. Regards.
Dear Visnja, I agree with Andre Sorensen, there are a lot of researches about this topic. In my opinion, may be interesting to focus in the relationship between green spaces an children health, in the same way that this paper: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1308038/ or http://www.edphis.org.uk/Report_on_Place_and_Children.pdf
In Barcelona, there is an interesing group named CREAL that works in this kind of studies.
By other way, in Scotland there is a research Center: Openspace, where CAtherine WArd Thomson develops her interesting research lines about it. Regards.
Estimado Pedro,
Gracias por el gran consejo.
I also downloaded some of your papers I itend to read. I am greatly interested in topic trees in a city.
Gracias.
Višnja
I came across the following paper which I think may be of good help to you:
"School Landscape Environments in Assisting the Learning Process
and in Appreciating the Natural Environment"