[HTML][HTML] Children's independent mobility: Current knowledge, future directions, and public health implications

I Marzi, AK Reimers - International journal of environmental research and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Environmental changes significantly impact health behavior. Active travel behavior is mostly
affected by increasing motorization, urban sprawl, and traffic safety. Especially for children …

Planning walkable neighborhoods: are we overlooking diversity in abilities and ages?

L Stafford, C Baldwin - Journal of planning literature, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite growing numbers of studies on planning walkable neighborhoods, few have
included people with diverse abilities across the age spectrum. This article demonstrates a …

Towards a better understanding of the relationship between greenspace and health: Development of a theoretical framework

K Lachowycz, AP Jones - Landscape and urban planning, 2013 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence investigates whether access to greenspace, such as parks and
woodland, is beneficial to well-being. Potential health benefits of greenspace exposure …

Children's active travel and independent mobility in four countries: Development, social contributing trends and measures

A Fyhri, R Hjorthol, RL Mackett, TN Fotel, M Kyttä - Transport policy, 2011 - Elsevier
In many countries a decline in children's active and independent mobility, like walking and
cycling is registered. In this paper the development of children's mobility in Denmark …

[BOOK][B] Children's Right to Play: An Examination of the Importance of Play in the Lives of Children Worldwide. Working Papers in Early Childhood Development, No …

S Lester, W Russell - 2010 - ERIC
In this working paper, Wendy Russell and Stuart Lester of the UK's University of
Gloucestershire discuss why play is fundamental to the health and well-being of children …

[BOOK][B] Children's independent mobility: a comparative study in England and Germany (1971-2010)

B Shaw, B Watson, B Frauendienst, A Redecker… - 2013 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Children's well‐being and health, the quality of the environments they are brought up in and
the impact of a range of social and technological developments in the lives of children has …

The impact of parents' fear of strangers and perceptions of informal social control on children's independent mobility

S Foster, K Villanueva, L Wood, H Christian… - Health & place, 2014 - Elsevier
Declines in children's independent mobility are commonly attributed to parents' fear of
strangers, yet few empirical studies have investigated this relationship. We examined:(1) the …

Enriching children, institutionalizing childhood? Geographies of play, extracurricular activities, and parenting in England

SL Holloway, H Pimlott-Wilson - Annals of the Association of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Geographical research on children, youth, and families has done much to highlight the ways
in which children's lives have changed over the last twenty-five years. A key strand of …

The impact of Covid-19 on children's active travel to school in Vietnam

MH Nguyen, D Pojani, TC Nguyen, TT Ha - Journal of transport geography, 2021 - Elsevier
This is among the first studies to provide empirical evidence on active school travel rates
and determinants before and after the first Covid-19 lockdown in spring 2020. We have …

'Walking… just walking': how children and young people's everyday pedestrian practices matter

J Horton, P Christensen, P Kraftl… - Social & Cultural …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This paper considers the importance of walking for many children and young people's
everyday lives, experiences and friendships. Drawing upon research with 175 9-to 16-year …