The Association Between the Physical Environment of Primary Schools and Active School Transport

Environment and Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 418-435

  Van Kann, D H H ^a,b   Kremers, S P J ^a   Gubbels, J S ^a   Bartelink, N H M ^b   de Vries, S I ^c,d   de Vries, N K ^a,b   Jansen, M W J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Academic Collaborative Center for Public Health Limburg   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

active school transport; aesthetics; physical environment; primary school; safety

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTHETICS; GREENSPACE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84926388800     PISSN: 00139165     EISSN: 1552390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013916513519644     Document Type: Article

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