Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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The hope for oil crisis: children, oil vulnerability and (in)dependent mobility
Oil vulnerability is likely to impact upon one group of citizens - children - in critical ways, since children have borne a special brunt of a car-dependent culture. Children's freedom to explore the city has been curtailed, in large part because of the perceived risks of traffic and 'stranger danger'. Children are over-represented in road fatalities involving cars and pedestrians and cyclists. Children are also subject to chronic conditions associated with inactivity such as obesity. In order to address this situation, advocates of child-friendly cities have suggested measures to increase children's independent mobility (CIM) and encourage children's active transport. In this paper, we argue that there is a conflation of CIM and children's active transport, which perpetuates the separation of children from adults. To take both children's rights and desires seriously, as well as to take into account the concerns of parents, the active transport needs of both groups must be addressed simultaneously. One cost effective and immediately available strategy is to reduce car speeds in order to minimise the damage to all users of active transport. A holistic understanding of urban transport and children shows that reducing speeds produces the co-benefits of increased health and reduced reliance on oil.
The hope for oil crisis: children, oil vulnerability and (in)dependent mobility
Oil vulnerability is likely to impact upon one group of citizens - children - in critical ways, since children have borne a special brunt of a car-dependent culture. Children's freedom to explore the city has been curtailed, in large part because of the perceived risks of traffic and 'stranger danger'. Children are over-represented in road fatalities involving cars and pedestrians and cyclists. Children are also subject to chronic conditions associated with inactivity such as obesity. In order to address this situation, advocates of child-friendly cities have suggested measures to increase children's independent mobility (CIM) and encourage children's active transport. In this paper, we argue that there is a conflation of CIM and children's active transport, which perpetuates the separation of children from adults. To take both children's rights and desires seriously, as well as to take into account the concerns of parents, the active transport needs of both groups must be addressed simultaneously. One cost effective and immediately available strategy is to reduce car speeds in order to minimise the damage to all users of active transport. A holistic understanding of urban transport and children shows that reducing speeds produces the co-benefits of increased health and reduced reliance on oil.
The hope for oil crisis: children, oil vulnerability and (in)dependent mobility
Sharpe, Scott (Autor:in) / Tranter, Paul (Autor:in)
Australian Planner ; 47 ; 284-292
01.12.2010
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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