Assessing cycling-friendly environments for children: Are micro-environmental factors equally important across different street settings?

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ghekiere, Ariane ^a   Cauwenberg, Jelle Van ^a,b,c   Mertens, Lieze ^a,b,c   Clarys, Peter ^b   de Geus, Bas ^b   Cardon, Greet ^a   Nasar, Jack ^d   Salmon, Jo ^e   de Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Built environment; Experiment; Preference; Road characteristics; Simulated environments; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FLANDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT FACTOR; PARENT; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BELGIUM; BICYCLING; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84929439323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12966-015-0216-2     Document Type: Article

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