Children S Play And Nature In An Urban Environment

Author : Beate Jansson
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039874198

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Children's Play and Nature in an Urban Environment by Beate Jansson Pdf

Play - as a personal and self-developing activity of children, and urban open spaces - in their private and public nature of design and use, are discussed from the point of view of landscaping for children in urban environments. Regarding efforts of nature conservation and environmental education, landscape architecture and urban design could provide a valuable contribution through a sensitive design of green spaces in our cities. Using Piaget's theory of a child's cognitive development and aspects of the current territoriality discussion in environmental psychology, practices of landscape design are criti- cally evaluated for their possibilities and limitations to provide children with natural play experiences in cities.

Author : Claire Freeman,Paul Tranter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136539701

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Children and their Urban Environment by Claire Freeman,Paul Tranter Pdf

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked. Children and their Urban Environment examines these impacts in detail, looking at the key activities, spaces and experiences children have and how these can be managed to ensure that children benefit from change. The authors highlight the importance of planners, architects and housing professionals in creating positive environments for children and involving them in the planning process. They argue that children‘s lives are becoming simultaneously both richer and more deprived, and that, despite apparently increasing wealth, disparities between children are increasing further. Each chapter includes international examples of good practice and policy innovations for redressing the balance in favour of child supportive environments. The book seeks to embrace childhood as a time of freedom, social engagement and environmental adventure and to encourage creation of environments that better meet the needs of children. The authors argue that in doing so, we will build more sustainable neighbourhoods, cities and societies for the future.

Author : Robin C. Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 099077130X

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Nature Play & Learning Places by Robin C. Moore Pdf

Author : Claire Freeman,Yolanda van Heezik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317375159

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Children, Nature and Cities by Claire Freeman,Yolanda van Heezik Pdf

That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature? Specifically, what type of nature is not only necessary but realistically available in the complex and rapidly changing worlds that children currently live in? This book examines child-nature definitions through two related concepts: the need for connecting to nature and the processes by which opportunities for such contact can be enhanced. It analyses the available nature from a scientific perspective of habitats, species and environments, together with the role of planning, to identify how children in cities can and do connect with nature. This book challenges the notion of a universal child and childhood by recognizing children’s diverse life worlds and experiences which guide them into different and complex ways of interacting with the natural world. Unfortunately not all children have the freedom to access the nature that is present in the cities where they live. This book addresses the challenge of designing biodiverse cities in which nature is readily accessible to children.

Author : Richard Louv
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781565125865

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Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Pdf

“The children and nature movement is fueled by this fundamental idea: the child in nature is an endangered species, and the health of children and the health of the Earth are inseparable.” —Richard Louv, from the new edition In his landmark work Last Child in the Woods, Richard Louv brought together cutting-edge studies that pointed to direct exposure to nature as essential for a child’s healthy physical and emotional development. Now this new edition updates the growing body of evidence linking the lack of nature in children’s lives and the rise in obesity, attention disorders, and depression. Louv’s message has galvanized an international back-to-nature campaign to “Leave No Child Inside.” His book will change the way you think about our future and the future of our children. “[The] national movement to ‘leave no child inside’ . . . has been the focus of Capitol Hill hearings, state legislative action, grass-roots projects, a U.S. Forest Service initiative to get more children into the woods and a national effort to promote a ‘green hour’ in each day. . . . The increased activism has been partly inspired by a best-selling book, Last Child in the Woods, and its author, Richard Louv.” —The Washington Post “Last Child in the Woods, which describes a generation so plugged into electronic diversions that it has lost its connection to the natural world, is helping drive a movement quickly flourishing across the nation.” —The Nation’s Health “This book is an absolute must-read for parents.” —The Boston Globe Now includes A Field Guide with 100 Practical Actions We Can Take Discussion Points for Book Groups, Classrooms, and Communities Additional Notes by the Author New and Updated Research from the U.S. and Abroad

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : MINN:31951000491319T

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Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ann Marie F. Murnaghan,Laura J. Shillington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317167679

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Children, Nature, Cities by Ann Marie F. Murnaghan,Laura J. Shillington Pdf

Why does the way we think about urban children and urban nature matter? This volume explores how dichotomies between nature/culture, rural/urban, and child/adult have structured our understandings about the place of children and nature in the city. By placing children and youth at the center of re-theorising the city as a socio-natural space, the book illustrates how children and youth's relations to and with nature can change adultist perspectives and help create more ecologically and socially just cities. As a key contribution to children's studies, the book engages and enlivens debates in urban political ecology and urban theory, which have not yet treated age as an important axis of difference. With examples from ten localities, the chapters in this volume ask how we can subvert both romanticized and modernist conceptualizations of nature and childhood that conflate innocence and purity with children and nature; the volume asks what happens when we re-invent urban natures with children's needs and perspectives in mind.

Author : Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : City children
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005944215

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Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment by Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.) Pdf

Author : Ruth Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351373203

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Nature and Young Children by Ruth Wilson Pdf

Now in its third edition, Nature and Young Children promotes the holistic development of children by connecting them with nature. It offers practical advice on how to set up indoor and outdoor nature play spaces as well as encouraging environmentally responsible attitudes, values and behaviour in your early childhood setting. With fully revised chapters in line with recent developments to policy and practice, and brand new material covering Early Childhood Education for Sustainability, the power of pro-nature poetry and philosophical discussions, and children living in urban environments, this book reveals just how important nature play can be in the development of young children. The user-friendly chapters offer guidance on: alternative settings for nature-focused programs culturally sensitive approaches to nature play in early childhood the role of the adult in nature-based learning using nature play for cross-curricular learning environmentally appropriate practices integrating nature education and peace education health, safety, and risky play. Highly accessible, detailed and now extensively updated, Nature and Young Children will provide all early years practitioners, teachers and students with a wealth of ideas on how to foster creative play and learning in nature-focused environments while also encouraging positive connections with nature.

Author : Alex Russ,Marianne E. Krasny
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781501712784

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Urban Environmental Education Review by Alex Russ,Marianne E. Krasny Pdf

Urban Environmental Education Review explores how environmental education can contribute to urban sustainability. Urban environmental education includes any practices that create learning opportunities to foster individual and community well-being and environmental quality in cities. It fosters novel educational approaches and helps debunk common assumptions that cities are ecologically barren and that city people don't care for, or need, urban nature or a healthy environment. Topics in Urban Environmental Education Review range from the urban context to theoretical underpinnings, educational settings, participants, and educational approaches in urban environmental education. Chapters integrate research and practice to help aspiring and practicing environmental educators, urban planners, and other environmental leaders achieve their goals in terms of education, youth and community development, and environmental quality in cities. The ten-essay series Urban EE Essays, excerpted from Urban Environmental Education Review, may be found here: naaee.org/eepro/resources/urban-ee-essays. These essays explore various perspectives on urban environmental education and may be reprinted/reproduced only with permission from Cornell University Press.

Author : Meredith Glaser
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789059727144

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The City at Eye Level by Meredith Glaser Pdf

Although rarely explored in academic literature, most inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. Storefronts, first floor apartments, and sidewalks are the most immediate and common experience of a city. These "plinths" are the ground floors that negotiate between inside and outside, the public and private spheres. The City at Eye Level qualitatively evaluates plinths by exploring specific examples from all over the world. Over twenty-five experts investigate the design, land use, and road and foot traffic in rigorously researched essays, case studies, and interviews. These pieces are supplemented by over two hundred beautiful color images and engage not only with issues in design, but also the concerns of urban communities. The editors have put together a comprehensive guide for anyone concerned with improving or building plinths, including planners, building owners, property and shop managers, designers, and architects.

Author : Peter K. Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Education
ISBN : 0677200005

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Children's Play by Peter K. Smith Pdf

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Raymond Lorenzo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811903007

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Children’s Free Play and Participation in the City by Raymond Lorenzo Pdf

This book presents an interplay of imaginative memoir-telling, action research data and future projection that reminds and inspires experiences academics, researchers, professionals, as well as a wider public to recognize the fundamental importance and the impellent need for more and better work in favour of true political and societal recognition of the needs and rights of children to play freely, to participate, to live fully and enjoy their neighbourhoods and cities, and to imagine and construct alternative futures, together with adults. The book's abundant spoken dialogue is, in effect, storytelling between children (and youth) on their own and with adults (especially the elderly). It conveys an appreciation of children’s special capacities to think critically about their everyday places—and the greater world around them—and to develop solutions (or ‘projects’) for the problems they identify. This book serves an effective catalyst for stimulating rich discussion of the theoretical and practical bases of the many themes, or areas of study, which are treated in the story.

Author : Russell, Wendy,Lester, Stuart,Hilary Smith
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781447330035

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Practice-Based Research in Children's Play by Russell, Wendy,Lester, Stuart,Hilary Smith Pdf

There has been a growing awareness in recent years of the importance of play in children's learning and development--but that awareness has not been accompanied by sufficient scholarly attention, outside of conceptual studies and how-to textbooks. This collection fills that gap by bringing together scholars from a range of fields and methodological approaches to look at play from a practice-based perspective. Moving beyond the dominant voice of developmental psychology, the book offers a number of new ways of approaching children's play and the roles of adults in supporting it; as a result, it will be valuable to anyone working with or studying children at play.

Author : Paul F. Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781351667869

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Innovation in Play Environments by Paul F. Wilkinson Pdf

Children treat play as an end in itself while adults treat it as a means which may serve several developmental functions. Although traditional educational thinking had emphasised academic work rather than play as the important learning tool at the time, opinion was changing rapidly. Originally published in 1980, these essays drawn from papers given at the International Playground Association’s Seventh World Conference, concentrate on the planning and design of play programmes and play environments. The book reviews the historical approach to play, play in the home, play in institutional settings, handicapped children, planning for play in extreme climatic conditions and play environments beyond the traditional playground. It also considers the child and the urban environment, discussing high-rise residential environments, and the street and the city.