@article{ref1,
title="Exposure to greenery during children's home-school walks: socio-economic inequalities in alternative routes",
journal="Transportation research part D: transport and environment",
year="2024",
author="Khanian, Mojtaba and Łaszkiewicz, Edyta and Kronenberg, Jakub",
volume="130",
number="",
pages="e104162-e104162",
abstract="Children's home-school walks are a perfect opportunity for green routes and active transportation. However, the availability of greenery along them likely varies among different socio-economic status (SES) groups. If low-SES children have less exposure to greenery than others during these walks, this might represent environmental injustice in transportation. We assess socio-environmental inequalities regarding children's exposure to greenery in three alternative home-school routes: the shortest, simplest, and greenest. We used a mixed-method approach, linking viewshed analysis, space syntax and network analysis using multiple Lodz (Poland) datasets. Exposure to greenery along all three types of home-school routes is consistently lower for low-SES than high-SES children, signalling environmental injustice. In particular, even the greenest home-school routes of low-SES children are less green than the simplest and shortest ones of high-SES children. Combining the knowledge of pedestrian movement and environmental justice is needed to understand and address these injustices adequately.  SR2S<p />",
language="en",
issn="1361-9209",
doi="10.1016/j.trd.2024.104162",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2024.104162"
}