Desenvolvimento de um instrumento para auditoria da caminhabilidade em áreas escolares

• Ano de defesa: 2016
• Autor(a) principal: Nanya, Luciana Mayumi
• Orientador(a): Sanches, Suely da Penha
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de São Carlos; Câmpus São Carlos
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Urbana - PPGEU
• Palavras-chave em Português: Auditoria; Caminhabilidade; Áreas escolares
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Audit; Walkability; School areas
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/20.500.14289/7995

Brazilian cities have shown a change in behavior in using the mode of transport used by children to access school. It can be associate this change to several factors, such as distance home-school and the quality of spaces for walking. Programs like Safe Routes to Schools seek to make the way to school safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Environmental audits help in the planning of Safe Routes to Schools identifying barriers and facilitators of the use of active modes of transportation. The objective of this research is to develop and validate an audit tool and evaluation of walkability into school for elementary schools in midsized cities. The application of audit tool developed was in the city of São José do Rio Preto - SP in 3 municipal primary schools located in different areas of the city. Two researchers conducted the audit. To assess the inter-rater reliability concordance percentages were used. The results show good reliability for the proposed audit instrument, with high percentages of agreement (above 80%). The results of the audit of the two researchers to calculate the Index Walkability area were considered. For comparisons between the means allocated to the segments and intersections was carried out ANOVA. Among the characteristics of the segments, it was found that at least one of the evaluated areas is different from the other (p <0.05). For the variables of signalized intersections not, the test indicates that, for the items width of the cross and accessibility, there is no statistical difference between the variables (p> 0.05) (researcher data 1). For the variables of signalized intersections not, (research data 2) the test indicates that, for the item width of the cross there is no statistical difference between the variables (p> 0.05). The application of the instrument can be an important tool in city planning process, in that it can identify opportunities and deficiencies in walkability surrounding schools to increase the safety and comfort of children during their walks to school.