Investigating the walkability of primary, secondary and K-12 schools across metropolitan Perth, Western Australia
Anna Gannett,
Paula Hooper,
Julie Saunders
et al.
Abstract:Having a walkable built environment is important to encourage active school transport. The aim of this study was to measure the walkability of all Perth, Western Australia (WA) schools and investigate whether differences in walkability exist by school type, socioeconomic status (SES) and/or subregion. Geographic Information Systems technology was used to measure walkability (i.e., traffic exposure and pedestrian connectivity) surrounding all Perth schools (n = 651) in 2021. Walkability scores and their individ… Show more
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