Accessibility and the Capabilities Approach: a review of the literature and proposal for conceptual advancements

G Vecchio, K Martens - Transport Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Capability Approach, developed by Sen and Nussbaum, has recently
gained increasing attention in the transport literature. This paper adds to this growing body …

“Critical agents of change?”: Opportunities and limits to children's participation in urban planning

RG Mansfield, B Batagol… - Journal of Planning …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Children's participation in urban planning impacts communities. A policy environment
supports their participation, yet this is far from mainstream, particularly in areas of greatest …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to and facilitators of active travel from the youth perspective: A qualitative meta-synthesis

A Buttazzoni, KN Ferguson, J Gilliland - SSM-Population Health, 2023 - Elsevier
Active travel (AT) such as walking, cycling, or wheeling to/from places represents a relatively
accessible form of transportation and source of physical activity for younger populations …

[HTML][HTML] Children's experiences of the journey between home and school: A qualitative synthesis using meta-ethnography

S Morris, ER Lawlor, L Foley, C Summerbell, J Panter… - Health & Place, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper uses meta-ethnography to synthesise qualitative and ethnographic studies of
children's (aged 5–13) experiences of socio-material environments on their school journey …

Prediction of fat-free mass in young children using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy

J Lyons-Reid, LC Ward, JGB Derraik… - European Journal of …, 2023 - nature.com
Background Bioimpedance devices are practical for measuring body composition in
preschool children, but their application is limited by the lack of validated equations …

[PDF][PDF] Connecting schools with local communities through walkable urban design

C Ergler, M Smith - Schools as Community Hubs: Building 'More …, 2023 - library.oapen.org
Educational facilities generate traffic to and from school by car, on foot and on wheels.
Which mode of travel dominates in a school community depends on several different factors …

[PDF][PDF] Role of Community-Based Programs in Empowering Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya: A Case of Mathare Child Development Center, Nairobi County

FA Musungu - 2021 - repository.daystar.ac.ke
Vulnerability in children implies exposure to situations hindering their development like
deprivation, exploitation, abuse, neglect, violence, and disease. Towards alleviating …