Children in Outdoor Contexts - Kyttä, Marketta
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Environmental psychology concerning child-environmentrelationships has too often forgotten the environmentitself. Place based child-environment research isneeded to anchor children's experiences and behaviourto actual physical settings. This book introduces anew assessment model for a child-friendlyenvironment, based on two central criteria:children's possibilities for independent mobility andtheir opportunities to actualize environmentalaffordances. Four hypothetical types of environmentare distinguished: Bullerby, Wasteland, Cell, andGlasshouse. The Bullerby represents a…mehr

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Environmental psychology concerning child-environmentrelationships has too often forgotten the environmentitself. Place based child-environment research isneeded to anchor children's experiences and behaviourto actual physical settings. This book introduces anew assessment model for a child-friendlyenvironment, based on two central criteria:children's possibilities for independent mobility andtheir opportunities to actualize environmentalaffordances. Four hypothetical types of environmentare distinguished: Bullerby, Wasteland, Cell, andGlasshouse. The Bullerby represents a child-friendlyenvironment, as it allows a positive interactivecycle to develop between a child and the environment.The empirical results from almost 250 childrenindicate that the model is sensitive enough to assessthe child friendliness of different communities inFinland and Belarus. In general, the proportion ofBullerby settings decreases and that of Glasshousesettings increases as the degree of urbanizationrises. The Bullerby-model allows the integration ofchildren's experiences with the material world, andit provides information that can be used in planningof child-friendly environments.
Autorenporträt
Kyttä Marketta§Marketta Kyttä, PhD, environmental psychologist: StudiedPsychology and Urban Planning at Helsinki University and atHelsinki University of Technology. Senior Research Fellow atCentre for Urban and Regional Studies in Helsinki University ofTechnology.