Topic: Playground

Transforming suburbs to promote physical activity

Urban developers and civic leaders in the Netherlands focus their efforts on creating environments that promote opportunities for physical activity and healthy living in the suburban parts of the country. The suburb of Huizum in the northern part of the Netherlands...Read more
|Comment|author: Marketa Vesela

What happens when children direct their own play

According to research, although play is essential in every child’s life adults find defining and understanding children’s play a challenge. Therefore, playground designers develop tools which help them to understand what happens in the children’s world...Read more
|Comment|author: Marketa Vesela

Urban planners urge for safe playgrounds

Research suggests that unstructured free play is critical to healthy child development. but there are no guarantees that any play area is truly safe. Therefore, urban planner Oksan Tandogan from Istanbul concluded that Turkish playgrounds...Read more
|Comment|author: Marketa Vesela