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Commuting lives: children's mobility and energy use

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  • Claire Freeman
  • Robin Quigg

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Globally, the issue of energy use and climate change is at the forefront of many national and international agendas, and also an issue central to children's lives and well-being. This paper examines how children are both affected by and contribute to the problems associated with unsustainable energy use as it relates to the growth of car dependent lives. The paper presents the findings of a study of travel as it relates to the everyday lives of children in the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. The study found that children currently lead complex car dependent lives. This extensive car reliance presents a serious and largely unrecognised challenge to the sustainable planning and management of the urban environment. The move towards more sustainable transportation can bring benefits for both the environment and for children's lives.

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  • Claire Freeman & Robin Quigg, 2009. "Commuting lives: children's mobility and energy use," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(3), pages 393-412.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:52:y:2009:i:3:p:393-412
    DOI: 10.1080/09640560802703280
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    1. Ergler, Christina R. & Freeman, Claire & Guiney, Tess, 2020. "Pre-schoolers' transport imaginaries: Moving towards sustainable futures?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    2. Tranter, Paul & Sharpe, Scott, 2012. "Disney-Pixar to the rescue: harnessing positive affect for enhancing children’s active mobility," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 34-40.
    3. Kyttä, Marketta & Hirvonen, Jukka & Rudner, Julie & Pirjola, Iiris & Laatikainen, Tiina, 2015. "The last free-range children? Children’s independent mobility in Finland in the 1990s and 2010s," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 1-12.

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