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dc.contributor.author | AHMED, Shiraz | - |
dc.contributor.author | ADNAN, Muhammad | - |
dc.contributor.author | JANSSENS, Davy | - |
dc.contributor.author | WETS, Geert | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-03-06T10:03:43Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-03-06T10:03:43Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.date.submitted | 2020-03-05T11:54:59Z | - |
dc.identifier.citation | SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY, 53 (Art N° 101965) | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2210-6707 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/30690 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Walking and cycling are promoted to encourage sustainable travel behavior among children and adults. School children during their travel episode to-and-from school are disproportionately exposed to air pollution due to multiple reasons such as proximity to high traffic roads and peak volumes. Regular use of less polluted routes to and from school can bring significant health benefits for school children. This paper presents a route to school informational intervention that was developed incorporating approaches and methods suggested in the literature for effective behavioral interventions. The intervention was implemented using escorting parents/guardians (N = 104) of school children of Antwerp, Belgium to adopt school routes with least exposure to pollutants. Collected data and its analysis revealed that 60 % participants (N = 62) could benefit themselves by adopting the suggested cleanest routes to school, of whom a significant proportion of participants (i.e. 34 %, N = 35) have a difference of average NO2 concentration between the alternative and current route of around 10 mu g/m3. This information about alternatives routes with their potential benefits was presented to each participant via defined study protocols. Based on the feedback of participants that could potentially adopt suggested alternatives, 77 (N = 48) have switched their routes. These results indicated that intervention was effective, and it can bring higher benefits when implemented on a wider scale. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 689954. This paper reflects the authors views. The European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. We would also like to thank Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) for providing us with the running annual means of NO2 concentration for entire Flanders at fine spatial resolution of 100m2. | - |
dc.language.iso | en | - |
dc.publisher | ELSEVIER | - |
dc.rights | 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | - |
dc.subject.other | Children | - |
dc.subject.other | Routes to and from school | - |
dc.subject.other | Traffic | - |
dc.subject.other | Exposure | - |
dc.subject.other | Air quality | - |
dc.subject.other | Informational intervention | - |
dc.title | A route to school informational intervention for air pollution exposure reduction | - |
dc.type | Journal Contribution | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 53 | - |
local.format.pages | 12 | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.jcat | A1 | - |
dc.description.notes | Adnan, M (reprint author), UHasselt Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. | - |
dc.description.notes | shiraz.ahmed@uhasselt.be; muhammad.adnan@uhasselt.be; | - |
dc.description.notes | davy.janssens@uhasselt.be; geert.wets@uhasselt.be | - |
dc.description.other | Adnan, M (reprint author), UHasselt Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium. shiraz.ahmed@uhasselt.be; muhammad.adnan@uhasselt.be; davy.janssens@uhasselt.be; geert.wets@uhasselt.be | - |
local.publisher.place | RADARWEG 29, 1043 NX AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | - |
local.type.refereed | Refereed | - |
local.type.specified | Article | - |
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr | 101965 | - |
local.type.programme | H2020 | - |
local.relation.h2020 | 689954 | - |
dc.source.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.scs.2019.101965 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000508361800077 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2210-6715 | - |
local.provider.type | wosris | - |
local.uhasselt.uhpub | yes | - |
local.uhasselt.international | no | - |
item.fullcitation | AHMED, Shiraz; ADNAN, Muhammad; JANSSENS, Davy & WETS, Geert (2020) A route to school informational intervention for air pollution exposure reduction. In: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY, 53 (Art N° 101965). | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.validation | ecoom 2021 | - |
item.contributor | AHMED, Shiraz | - |
item.contributor | ADNAN, Muhammad | - |
item.contributor | JANSSENS, Davy | - |
item.contributor | WETS, Geert | - |
item.accessRights | Open Access | - |
crisitem.journal.issn | 2210-6707 | - |
crisitem.journal.eissn | 2210-6715 | - |
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