School Walkability Index: Application of Environmental Audit Tool and GIS.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Active school travel is an important way to promote children's physical activity, but it requires supportive environments that can safely and comfortably accommodate children's walking and biking. Few existing indices explicitly consider school neighborhood environmental factors related to children's walking to school. In this study, we used a street audit tool and Geographic Information System (GIS) to evaluate walkability near low-income elementary schools in Seattle, WA.

Methods

The audit-based school walkability index was developed based on all street segments (n=841) within a 0.4km network buffer from each study school (n=18). The GIS-based school walkability, a combination of road connectivity, vehicular traffic exposure, and residential density, was also

SUBMITTER: Lee S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7872329 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature