Child-friendly environments
Van de Water, Sandra1999
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Illustrates how children between the ages of 5 and 12 perceive and use their environment and explains why their environmental needs are not always met.
Main title:
Child-friendly environments / by Sandra Van de Water, Diane Robinson, NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning and the NSW Play Alliance
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Imprint:
Sydney NSW Department of Urban Affairs and Planning 1999
Collation:
86 p illustrations
Contents:
Introduction - Local consultation - Journeys to school - Significance for planners - Perception - Through a child's eyes - Play - What is play? - Natural areas and abandoned sites - Modifying or changing the environment - Challenging the environment - Controlling the environment - Influences - Emotional and social development - Ability to learn and develop - Control of the environment - Physical restrictions - Development -Scale - Physical ability - Social restrictions - Culture and social class - Gender - Urban areas - Low density suburbs - High density suburbs and inner city areas - Streets - Restrictions on mobility - Traffic - Children's limitations - Adult instructions - Car drivers - Use of bicycles - Public places - Shopping centres - Other public facilities - Play areas - Childcare centres and schools - Playgrounds - Safety in playgrounds - Difficulties - Surveys of planners and policy makers - Invisibility - Control - Considering children unimportant - The influence of memory - Lack of political power - Council and commercial interests - Community involvement - Solutions - Education and action - Guidelines - Meeting children's needs - Involving children - Consulting children - Equity - Support of politicians - Appendix 1: Ages and stages - Appendix 2: Study limits
ISBN:
0731062787
Dewey class:
711.4 CHI
Local class:
711.4
Language:
English
BRN:
94087
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