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标题：An index for assessing activity friendliness for children in urban environments of Berlin
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作者：Juliane Schicketanz ; Linus Grabenhenrich ; Tobia Lakes 等
期刊名称：Erde
印刷版ISSN：0013-9998
出版年度：2018
卷号：149
期号：1
页码：1-13
DOI：10.12854/erde-149-54
出版社：Gesellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin
摘要：The physical environment strongly influences physical activity in urban settings. While walkability is frequently assessed for adults, an approach for mapping the friendliness of urban environments focusing on children’s activities is not available. The aim of the presented approach was to identify supporting and limiting factors of activity friendliness in urban environments and incorporate them into a children’s physical activity index (CAI). We conducted qualitative guided interviews with nine- to ten-year-old children and parents of primary school children in Berlin to identify the factors and their importance for describing activity friendliness. Access to activity and recreational destinations, land use, traffic and road safety, and the social environment were the most prominent factors identified for the activity friendliness for children. The newly developed CAI enables a differentiation in the activity friendliness of urban neighborhoods for children.
其他摘要：The physical environment strongly influences physical activity in urban settings. While walkability is frequently assessed for adults, an approach for mapping the friendliness of urban environments focusing on children’s activities is not available. The aim of the presented approach was to identify supporting and limiting factors of activity friendliness in urban environments and incorporate them into a children’s physical activity index (CAI). We conducted qualitative guided interviews with nine- to ten-year-old children and parents of primary school children in Berlin to identify the factors and their importance for describing activity friendliness. Access to activity and recreational destinations, land use, traffic and road safety, and the social environment were the most prominent factors identified for the activity friendliness for children. The newly developed CAI enables a differentiation in the activity friendliness of urban neighborhoods for children.
关键词：walkability; childhood; neighborhood; urban health; spatial index
其他关键词：walkability;childhood;neighborhood;urban health;spatial index