Assessing cycling-friendly environments for children: are micro-environmental factors equally important across different street settings?
(2015) International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity — Vol. 12, n° 1 (2015)
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- As physical activity levels decrease as children age, sustainable and accessible forms of physical activity are needed from a young age. Transportation cycling is one such physical activity and has been associated with many benefits. The aims of the study were to identify whether manipulating micro-environmental factors (e.g. speed limits, evenness of cycle path) within a photographed street influences the perceived supportiveness for transportation cycling; and whether changing these micro-environmental factors has the same effect across different street settings.
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Ghekiere, A., Van Cauwenberg, J., Mertens, L., Clarys, P., de Geus, S., Cardon, G., Nasar, J., Salmon, J., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., & Deforche, B. (2015). Assessing cycling-friendly environments for children: are micro-environmental factors equally important across different street settings? International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0216-2 (Original work published 2015)