Outdoor activities and contact with nature in the Portuguese context: a comparative study between children’s and their parents’ experiences

A Study on the Characteristics of Children’s Natural Activities in the Neighborhood and Their Influencing Factors: Evidence from Hangzhou, China

“…The findings show significant differences in children’s neighborhood natural activities between urban and rural areas, with a higher frequency of natural activities among urban children compared with rural children today, which differs from the results in developed countries. Numerous studies [ 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 ] have been conducted to prove that children in rural areas have a higher frequency of natural activities than in urban areas. The main reason for this is that the countryside has a better ecological environment in terms of natural texture [ 40 , 42 ].…”

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“…Although there are many benefits for children to be in the wild, children are now less likely to be in the wild, and in many countries, children have less access to nature (Soga and others, 2018;Zhang and others, 2014). Nature's contributions to the development of children (Berman and others, 2008;Cui and Yang, 2022) are the thoughts of families and teachers about their natural activities (Almeida, Rato and Dabaja, 2021), the proximity of teachers and teachers to nature (Kahyaoglu and Yetişir, 2016;Karakaya, Avgin, Gömlek and Balık, 2017;Özgün and Özgün 2019), the proximity of children to nature ( Ahmetoğlu, 2019;Cheng and Monroe, 2012;Engin and Demiriz, 2022;Rice and Torquati, 2013), found studies investigating children's environmental and environmental issues (Taşkın and Şahin, 2008;Yardımcı and Bağcı Kılıç, 2010), the impact of prepared educational programs on children's environmental knowledge (Çabuk andUçar Çabuk, 2017, Ozdemir andUzun, 2006). Studies of children's views of nature (Kalvaitis andMonhardt, 2015, Köşker, 2019;Mol, 2019, Usanmaz, 2020 have all been shown to determine the nature of their perceptions through images of children.…”