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This chapter explores child-friendly planning and design for rural school travel routes from the perspective of children’s environmental perception. Sixteen school route assessment indicators were categorized into four dimensions: road characteristics (width, pavement type, maintenance, cleanliness), basic services (sidewalks, non-motorized lanes, recreational facilities, streetlights, shops), traffic safety features (traffic signals, crosswalks, speed bumps, speed limit signs, traffic volume), and aesthetic elements (street trees, landscape features). Through face-to-face questionnaires with students from 28 rural schools (992 valid responses), the IPA model classified the 16 micro-level road environment indicators, followed by TOPSIS modeling to prioritize improvement areas. Results revealed discrepancies between children’s perceived importance and satisfaction levels regarding rural school travel environments, with all indicators underperforming relative to expectations. Improvement priorities for five environmental factors were identified as: sidewalks > crosswalks > speed limit signs > traffic signals > speed bumps. The chapter concludes that interventions informed by children’s perceptual perspectives can guide rural road optimization and contribute to theory and practice for developing child-friendly villages.

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Child Friendliness of Rural School Travel Road: Improvement Strategies Based on Rural Children’s Perception

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    2026年

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  • Yibin Ao,
  • Yi Long,
  • Homa Bahmani

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This chapter explores child-friendly planning and design for rural school travel routes from the perspective of children’s environmental perception. Sixteen school route assessment indicators were categorized into four dimensions: road characteristics (width, pavement type, maintenance, cleanliness), basic services (sidewalks, non-motorized lanes, recreational facilities, streetlights, shops), traffic safety features (traffic signals, crosswalks, speed bumps, speed limit signs, traffic volume), and aesthetic elements (street trees, landscape features). Through face-to-face questionnaires with students from 28 rural schools (992 valid responses), the IPA model classified the 16 micro-level road environment indicators, followed by TOPSIS modeling to prioritize improvement areas. Results revealed discrepancies between children’s perceived importance and satisfaction levels regarding rural school travel environments, with all indicators underperforming relative to expectations. Improvement priorities for five environmental factors were identified as: sidewalks > crosswalks > speed limit signs > traffic signals > speed bumps. The chapter concludes that interventions informed by children’s perceptual perspectives can guide rural road optimization and contribute to theory and practice for developing child-friendly villages.