PERCEPTION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ON SAFE DISTANCE FOR CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO PUBLIC AREAS

Authors

  • Mariana Mohamed Osman Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Muhammad Faris Abdullah Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Najihan Khalid Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Syahriah Bachok Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Noor Suzilawati Rabe Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Syafiee Shuid Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
  • Zakiah Ponrahono Faculty of Environmental Studies UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v15i1.235

Keywords:

Safe distance, children, public areas

Abstract

Children safety is of utmost important. Children are susceptible to safety risk while traveling to public areas such as schools, parks and bus stops. Perception of parents and guardians on the safety of their children determines their decision whether or not to allow their children to travel to public areas and how. This study looks at the perception of parents and guardians on the safe distance for children to travel to public areas. 4,500 respondents were surveyed. It was found that
parents and guardians perception of safe distance is heavily influenced by distance and children’s age factors.

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Published

2017-05-12

How to Cite

Mohamed Osman, M., Abdullah, M. F., Khalid, N., Bachok, S., Rabe, N. S., Shuid, S., & Ponrahono, Z. (2017). PERCEPTION OF PARENTS AND GUARDIANS ON SAFE DISTANCE FOR CHILDREN TO TRAVEL TO PUBLIC AREAS. PLANNING MALAYSIA, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.21837/pm.v15i1.235

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Vol. 15 (2017): PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL : Volume 15, Issue 1, 2017

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