TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - Measuring children's independent mobility: comparing interactive mapping with destination access and licence to roam JO - Children's geographies A1 - Bhosale, Julie A1 - Duncan, Scott A1 - Stewart, Tom A1 - Chaix, Basile A1 - Kestens, Yan A1 - Schofield, Grant SP - 678 EP - 689 VL - 15 IS - 6 N2 - Children's independent mobility (IM) lacks a standardised definition and measurement protocol. Interactive mapping applications can capture geographically defined mobility data. In this study of 219 children, independent parental licences (IM Licence) and allowances to travel to certain locations unsupervised (IM Index) were collected through a questionnaire, and compared to IM-roaming areas derived from the Visualisation and Evaluation of Route Itineraries, Travel Destinations, and Activity Spaces (VERITAS-IM) mapping application. Significant relationships were found between the VERITAS-IM-derived measures and traditional measures of IM (IM Licence and IM Index).

RESULTS suggest the perceived degree of children's IM is heavily dependent on the assessment method and a combination of methods should be considered.

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LA - en SN - 1473-3285 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2017.1293232 ID - ref1 ER -