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This study is an attempt to identify primary factors of the capacity of streets to generate childrenls p ］ ay spaces through in− dep重 h analysis oftheir environmental condi 重 ions and children " s play environments ． Analysis ofou 【 2003 − 2004 0bservation − and interview − survey data covering forty street sections in feur school districts in Beijing has revealed that convenien 重10cation and the availability of friends are among major reasons fer children ' s playing in the street ． The cu ］ −de ・ 1 sac configuration is charac 宜 eristic oflong ・ played and play −space −abundan 重 streets ． This is also a type of street which is efficien ！in generating play spaces ． Finally ， we have proved that both the amount ofgenerated play spaces and the amount of play ・ spaFe genera 重 ing sPaces in the streel can be predicted through multiple ・ regression equa 重 ions with failly high leve 】 ofprecision ． Key variables are ：the number ofaccessible playable spaces ， thc width of the street ， 重he total frontage ofopen places and the number bf interfering trees along the strce し

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