Getting to Know a Place: Built Environment Walkability and Children’s Spatial Representation of Their Home-School (h–s) Route

Mika R. Moran, Efrat Eizenberg and Pnina Plaut
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Mika R. Moran: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Efrat Eizenberg: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
Pnina Plaut: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-21

Abstract: The literature on environmental walkability to date has mainly focused on walking and related health outcomes. While previous studies suggest associations between walking and spatial knowledge, the associations between environmental walkability and spatial knowledge is yet to be explored. The current study addresses this lacuna in research by exploring children’s mental representations of their home-school (h–s) route, vis-

Keywords: walkability; built environment; spatial knowledge; children; school travel mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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