Creating Cycling-Friendly Environments for Children: Which Micro-Scale Factors Are Most Important? An Experimental Study Using Manipulated Photographs

Ghekiere, Ariane;Deforche, Benedicte;Mertens, Lieze;De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse;Van Cauwenberg, Jelle;et.al.

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  • Ghekiere, ArianeUGent
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  • Deforche, BenedicteUGent
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  • Mertens, LiezeUGent
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  • De Bourdeaudhuij, IlseUGent
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  • Van Cauwenberg, JelleUGent
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Abstract
Increasing participation in transportation cycling represents a useful strategy for increasing children’s physical activity levels. Knowledge on how to design environments to encourage adoption and maintenance of transportation cycling is limited and relies mainly on observational studies. The current study experimentally investigates the relative importance of micro-scale environmental factors for children’s transportation cycling, as these micro-scale factors are easier to change within an existing neighborhood compared to macro-scale environmental factors (i.e. connectivity, land-use mix, …).
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Ghekiere, A., Deforche, B., Mertens, L., De Bourdeaudhuij, I., Clarys, P., de Geus, S., Cardon, G., Nasar, J., Salmon, J., & Van Cauwenberg, J. (2015). Creating Cycling-Friendly Environments for Children: Which Micro-Scale Factors Are Most Important? An Experimental Study Using Manipulated Photographs. PLOS ONE, 10(12), e0143302. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143302 (Original work published 2015)