masoud Javadpoor; ali soltani
Abstract
Today, the lifestyle of children is increasingly changing to sedentary. Walking between home and school can be a relatively convenient and possible plan to increase the student’s daily physical activity. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between individual and socio-economic ...
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Today, the lifestyle of children is increasingly changing to sedentary. Walking between home and school can be a relatively convenient and possible plan to increase the student’s daily physical activity. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between individual and socio-economic properties of families and street configuration on the walking of elementary students of public schools in Shiraz city. For this purpose, six regions of Shiraz with different features have been selected initially in terms of passages configuration, then 18 public elementary schools for girls and boys as well as 1021 students were randomly selected. Therefore, parents in the questionnaires filled background information, including personal and family information, and street configuration was extracted around 1200m of the schools using Depth Map software. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between age and the number of children in the family, and there was a negative relationship between gender, father’s education, car ownership, and the number of the family members with the driving license. In addition, there was a positive relationship between street configuration, choice, connectivity, and synergy and a negative relationship between depth and walking of students. Moreover, the distance between home and school had a negative relationship as the most crucial factor with the walking of students. This study provides essential confirmation for urban planners and policymakers about the importance of street configuration around the school in the daily travel of students. One important principle is that designing a street network with high accessibility and communication and also increasing the legibility of streets can lead the perception of parents and students to use them in their walking between school and home.
