Children's appreciation of outdoor places in a poor neighborhood

Castonguay, Geneviève; Jutras, Sylvie

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.002

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“…As a percentage of total park users more young people were observed in Eastern than Southville moreover, those observed were marginally more moderately active and fewer sedentary. Results may indicate greater reliance on low cost recreation facilities in deprived areas which is in line with Canadian findings (Pabayo et al, 2011;Castonguay and Jutras, 2009;Humbert et al, 2006). Furthermore, there were more 11-15 than 16-20 year old park users which may indicate preference for low cost socialisation and recreational activities in younger adolescents however, without leisure activity data from young people postulations remain supposition.…”

Section: Urban Park Facilitation Of Park Use and Physical Activitysupporting

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Exploring urban parks and their peripheral food environments using a case study approach: Young people and obesogenic environments

2014

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. (2014) 'Exploring urban parks and their peripheral food environments using a case study approach : young people and obesogenic environments.', URBAN DESIGN international., Further information on publisher's website:https://doi.org/10. 1057/udi.2013.35 Publisher's copyright statement:The nal publication is available at Springer via https://doi.org/10. 1057/udi.2013.35 Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Inequity in obesogenic determinants are consistent with deprivation amplification and are incompatible with UK political strategy for health equity.

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Section: Urban Park Facilitation Of Park Use and Physical Activitysupporting

confidence: 81%

Exploring urban parks and their peripheral food environments using a case study approach: Young people and obesogenic environments

2014

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“…Research by Moore (1986;cited in Wells and Evans 2003) showed that when children from urban areas aged nine to 12 years were requested to make a map or drawing of their favourite places, approximately 96 per cent of the illustrations were of outdoor places, while only four drawings reflected interior spaces. A study conducted in Canada to evaluate the place preferences of children from low-income families living in poor neighbourhoods found similar results to Moore's study (cited above), in terms of the most common features in their favourite places (Castonguay and Jutras 2009). The majority of children referred to nature during the description of their favourite places, and showed awareness and sensitivity to the natural elements present in the environments, such as specific trees and even a flowering plant.…”

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“…An enriched environment opens avenues for exploration and building in older children, which will aid in orientation and developing a sense of direction. It also results in unique developmental benefits in learning and memory, provides opportunities to accrue and display decisionmaking skills and stimulates problem solving and creative thinking, due to the varied and unstructured characteristics of natural settings (Bagot 2005;Burdette and Whitaker 2005;Burls 2007aBurls , 2007bCastonguay and Jutras 2009;Derbyshire 2007;Kellert 2002;O'Brien 2005a). Among younger children, small-scale natural environments such as flower beds and even features such as flowers, stones, sticks and water assist in stimulating imaginative play, which is considered a foundation of social and cognitive development (Heerwagen 2009).…”

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The Development of an Enhanced Extension Agent Training to Create Butterfly Gardens in Louisiana

Fontenot¹,

Morgan²,

Owings³

2015

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

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“…Peterson, L. et al, 1991;Kytta, M., 2002Kytta, M., , 2004Castonguay, G., & Jutras, S., 2009, 2010, playground (Wilkinson, P.F, 1985;Lowry, P., 1993;), school ground (Harvey, M.R., 1989;Dyment, J.E. et al, 2009), public place (Lennard, H.L., & Lennard, S.H.C., 1992), street (Tyler, F.B.…”

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“…Raw descriptive data on children is collected, and then are sorted, interpreted and quantified to search out trends and to make hypotheses. Video and audio recording (Lowry, P., 1993;Herrington, S., & Studtmann, K., 1998), log and journal writing (Peterson, L., 1991;Castonguay, G., & Jutras, S., 2009) and rating scales (Harvey, M.R., 1989;Taylor, A.F., et al, 2002) are some examples of methods for observing children"s behaviour. They provide insights that are useful for planning strategies to meet children"s need.…”

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The Trends and Influential Factors of Children's Use of Outdoor Environments: A Review

Aziz

Said

2017

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In the past two decades, there has been a raft of research on children"s behaviour and their interaction with outdoor environment. The aim of this paper is to present a synthesis of 30 studies from 1985 to 2010 on children"s use of outdoor environments. The aspects taken into consideration include methodological issues and factors that influence the use of outdoor environments. The trends of the studies are discussed. In summary, the children"s place preferences and play behaviours in the outdoor environments are influenced by their developmental needs, individual, physical and social factors. Aziz, N.F., & Said, 2(5) Oct / Dec 2017 (p.97-108) 98 IntroductionIn recent years there has been a growing discourse regarding playing outdoors as both a need and right of young children, and central to their well-being. The body of the research considering children"s rights to play in the outdoor environment has raised especially investigation on children"s play behaviour and their interaction with outdoor environment. These developments have occurred in a large extent due to a range of phenomena that are hindering children"s play experiences at outdoor environments including rapid urbanisation, increase in street traffic, badly planned urban environments, pollution, pressures of educational accomplishment, creation of indoor play technologies and a lack of awareness about the importance of play for children"s development and well-being (Kernan, M. 2010). As a result of these changes, it is increasingly uncommon to see groups of children walking, running or playing on the outdoor environments without adult"s supervision. Such changes certainly have profound repercussions on the psycho-physical development of children (Castonguay, G. & Jutras, S., 2010).Children need to have the environment that addresses them, challenges them, and provides something for them to observe, to think about, to make choices, to attract their attention, to engage in their favourite activities and to give them the opportunity to meet friends. They also need the freedom to explore and to satisfy their curiosity about the world. The opportunity to be in the outdoor environment is important for the development of children"s motor and cognitive skills, interpersonal attitudes and emotions. The differences in outdoor environments such as neighborhoods, parks, playgrounds, school grounds and natural environments can comprise rich sources of stimulation and affordances for children. Affordances refer to the functional properties of the environments offering a child to interact actively with the environment (Gibson, J.J., 1979; Heft, H., 1988;Kytta, M., 2002Kytta, M., , 2004. For example, flat and smooth surfaces can allow for cycling, running and skating; smooth slopes can allow for skateboarding, while shrubs can allow for a hide and seek game. Affordances and other stimulation provided by the environment allow and support children"s exploration and play.Play has been central to the study of children"s outdoor environments. It is the prim...

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Children's appreciation of outdoor places in a poor neighborhood

Cited by 96 publications

References 37 publications

Exploring urban parks and their peripheral food environments using a case study approach: Young people and obesogenic environments

Exploring urban parks and their peripheral food environments using a case study approach: Young people and obesogenic environments

The Development of an Enhanced Extension Agent Training to Create Butterfly Gardens in Louisiana

The Trends and Influential Factors of Children's Use of Outdoor Environments: A Review

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