Assessing Independent Mobility of Children Indicators in Military Barrack Community of Nigeria

Authors

  • DAODU Tosin  PhD Candidates, Faculty of Built Environment and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 Skudai Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • SAID Ismail  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, School of Ground Engineering and Management Studies, Air Force Institute of Technology PMB 2104, Kaduna, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org//10.32628/IJSRST1962100

Keywords:

Mapping, Independent Mobility of Children's Indicators, Military Barracks

Abstract

Independent mobility of children assessment lacks a defined standard and measurement process. It is largely due to ways in which environmental context dictate relevant indicators. In a developing country like Nigeria, there is inadequate data and research in this area to inform a holistic assessment. Hence, this study employed multi-method data collection involving field survey, semi-structured interview, and survey questionnaire to assess independent mobility of children’s indicators. Barrack spatial data was analysed using Landsat imagery and ArcGIS for objective measurement of indicators. Subsequently, 60 children from 3 NAF primary schools and 390 parents living in Sam Ethnan Air Force Barrack (SEAB) at Lagos participated. Consequently, their perception on destinations accessibility, road network connectivity, population density, land use, home geographical range, and average travel time validated objectively measured same variables. It was found that SEAB has 0.941 km2 land area, high percentage (80%) of built up area, and population density of 42,480.315 per / km2. Home geographical range indicated a catchment of school and playground within 100-700m and average travel time for walking to 3 primary schools are 5m.82s, 8m. 56s, 16m. 20s, and 8m.26s for children’s park. Destination accessibility, population density, home geographical range, and travel time met the threshold of factor loading >0.7. The Land use and road connectivity are secondary factors excluded for failure to meet the threshold. Poor level of independent mobility, mobility restriction, closed destination accessibility associated with land use mix and short distances were found in barrack community. These findings contributed to the spatial dynamics of mobility nexus, and the perceived shift in the degree of children's independent mobility depends on these indicators.

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DAODU Tosin, SAID Ismail, " Assessing Independent Mobility of Children Indicators in Military Barrack Community of Nigeria, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp.531-546, March-April-2019. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRST1962100