The safe journeys of an enterprising school: negotiating landscapes of opportunity and risk.
In this paper, we discuss recent efforts to improve the safety of children travelling to and from New Zealand's largest primary school. The results of a travel survey completed by parents and pupils are reported, together with our recommendations for reducing congestion at the school gate and promoting healthy alternatives to car travel. Reflecting on this research, we find that market-oriented education reforms have provided schools with strong incentives for increasing their rolls--a course of action which may endanger pupils' well-being. At the same time, they have provided some schools with opportunities for resisting the present urban (dis)order and promoting community health.
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Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6. dcollins@sfu.ca
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