Assessing neighbourhood destination access for children: development of the NDAI-C audit tool

Considerable societal changes across many countries have altered how children interact with their local environment, yet child-specific destination data have not been translated into a child-related destination accessibility index to further understand how neighbourhood locations support or hinder c...

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Published inEnvironment and planning. B, Planning & design. Vol. 42; no. 6; pp. 1148 - 1160
Main Authors Badland, Hannah, Donovan, Phil, Mavoa, Suzanne, Oliver, Melody, Chaudhury, Moushumi, Witten, Karen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2015
Subjects
Accessibility
Auckland New Zealand
Children
Children & youth
Mobility
Neighborhoods
Social change
Travel
travel behavior
built environment
accessibility
activity location
Australasia
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Summary:Considerable societal changes across many countries have altered how children interact with their local environment, yet child-specific destination data have not been translated into a child-related destination accessibility index to further understand how neighbourhood locations support or hinder child mobility. Using data sourced from 238 9–11 year-old children living in Auckland, New Zealand, we aimed to: identify common destinations children travelled to; and develop a spatially derived objective index to quantify access to destinations that may support child mobility in the neighbourhood. Our findings show that children accessed a wide range of destinations during their daily activities, and the neighbourhoods that supported children's mobility tended to be located in more established areas, rather than newer greenfield developments.
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ISSN:0265-8135
1472-3417
DOI:10.1068/b140009p