Availability of School Zone Map for Environment about Attending School

- In Case of All Municipal Elementary Schools in Fukuoka City -

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to clarify issues with safe school zone by using school zone maps, the traffic yearbooks and the hearing results to education authorized personnel. The object of this study is all municipal elementary schools in Fukuoka city. The major findings include the followings. 1) The four types of school zone about the target elementary schools were extracted. 2) School zone maps are enough drawings to grasp environment about attending school. 3) Many dangerous places about traffic were extracted in crossings with narrow road and single roads. 4) It is necessary to describe attractive regional resource in school zone maps in order to promote more significant attending school. 5) It is important that school zone is put on the activity of local residents in community road.