Assessing neighbourhood destination access for children: development of the NDAI-C audit tool. (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Badland, Hannah; Donovan, Phil; Mavoa, Suzanne; Oliver, Melody; Chaudhury, Moushumi; Witten, Karen
• Is Part Of: Environment and planning. Volume 42:Number 6(2015)
• Page Start: 1148
• Page End: 1160
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: accessibility -- activity location -- Australasia -- built environment -- travel behavior; Architecture -- Research -- Periodicals; Building -- Research -- Periodicals; Land use -- Planning -- Periodicals; Architecture -- Research; Building -- Research; Land use -- Planning; Periodicals; 720.5
• DOI: 10.1068/b140009p
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0265-8135

Abstract

Considerable societal changes across many countries have altered how children interact with their local environment, yet child-specific destination data have not been translated into a child-related destination accessibility index to further understand how neighbourhood locations support or hinder child mobility. Using data sourced from 238 9–11 year-old children living in Auckland, New Zealand, we aimed to: identify common destinations children travelled to; and develop a spatially derived objective index to quantify access to destinations that may support child mobility in the neighbourhood. Our findings show that children accessed a wide range of destinations during their daily activities, and the neighbourhoods that supported children's mobility tended to be located in more established areas, rather than newer greenfield developments.