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- Petersson Troije, Charlotte, et al.
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Outdoor Office Work : An Interactive Research Project Showing the Way Out
- 2021
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Psychology. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 1664-1078. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The physical boundaries of office work have become increasingly flexible. Work is conducted at multiple locations outside the office, such as at clients' premises, at home, in cafés, or when traveling. However, the boundary between indoor and outdoor environment seems to be strong and normative regarding how office work is performed. The aim of this study was to explore how office work may be conducted outdoors, understanding how it is being experienced by office employees and identifying its contextual preconditions. Based on a two-year interactive research project, the study was conducted together with a Swedish municipality. Fifty-eight participants engaged in the collaborative learning process, including 40 half-day workshops and reflective group discussions, co-interviews, and participants' independent experimentation of bringing work activities outdoors. Data was collected via interviews, group discussions and a custom-made mobile application. The results showed that a wide range of work activities could be done outdoors, both individually and in collaboration with others. Outdoor work activities were associated with many positive experiences by contributing to a sense of well-being, recovery, autonomy, enhanced cognition, better communication, and social relations, but also with feelings of guilt and illegitimacy. Conditions of importance for outdoor office work to happen and function well were found in the physical environment, where proximity to urban greenspaces stood out as important, but also in the sociocultural and organizational domains. Of crucial importance was managers' attitudes, as well as the overall organizational culture on this idea of bringing office work outdoors. To conclude, if working life is to benefit from outdoor office work, leaders, urban planners and policymakers need to collaborate and show the way out.
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- Johansson, Maria, et al.
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Urban space for children on the move
- 2020
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Ingår i: Transport and Children’s Wellbeing. - 9780128146958 - 9780128146941 ; , s. 217-235
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Urban landscapes, structures and design features are associated with travel mode choice and have implications for sustainable living environments. The particular role of the built environment for children’s independent active mobility has received increasing attention in research and practice. However, the complexity of the transactions between person and environment needs to be understood with special focus on children’s use and experiences of the outdoor spaces in a neighborhood. This chapter discusses children’s independent active mobility as an ongoing transaction with the surrounding environment, continuously shifting between transport and play. The chapter synthesizes research on children’s outdoor play and active travel from the fields of environmental psychology, urban planning and landscape architecture. Four theoretical concepts compatible with a comprehensive understanding of children’s mobility in urban open spaces are presented: place attachment, affordances, wayfinding and prospect-refuge. The concepts are elaborated from a child perspective to highlight dimensions in the planning, design and management of outdoor spaces that can support children’s independent active mobility.
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- Mårtensson, Fredrika, et al.
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Barns kontakt med djurliv i vardagen – en forskningsbaserad syntes
- 2021
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Barn och ungdomars möjligheter till kontakt med djur i vardagslivet är sparsamt belyst i forskningen. Denna tvärfackliga forskningsbaserade syntes syftar till att inventera och analysera den litteratur som finns om barns djurmöten för att skapa utgångspunkt för forskning och utvecklingsarbete. Arbetet sker mot bakgrund av en pågående urbanisering och förtätning av våra livsmiljöer som förändrar förutsättningarna för barns naturkontakt. Studien resulterade i en översikt som inkluderar fyra olika domäner av forskning: 1) Djurkontakt i barns vardag 2) Barns möten med djurparksdjur 3) Barns djurmöten i ett livsloppsperspektiv och 4) Djurunderstödda insatser för barn. Materialet visar att det finns många potentiella värden förknippade med barnens möten med mer eller mindre vilda och tama djur i vardagen, möten som får betydelse för deras lek, lärande, och utveckling i ett livsloppsperspektiv. Å andra sidan pekar litteraturen internationellt också ut en problematik i barns relationer till den vilda faunan som rör frågor om rädslor, risker och bevarandefrågor. Författarna föreslår ett perspektiv där barns behov av relationer till djur i sin vardag bildar utgångspunkt för samhällsplaneringen, men betonar samtidigt vikten av att även beakta djurens välfärd och villkoren för en hållbar utveckling i stort.
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- Mårtensson, Fredrika
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Guiding environmental dimensions for outdoor play
- 2013
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Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 90, s. 658-665
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Children´s outdoor play is vital for a sustainable development. Studies show that children with access to spacious and varied green outdoor settings by their preschool have better physical and mental health. This article describes the application and development of environmental assessment for children´s play areas (Outdoor Play Environment Categories), based on field observations of children´s play in preschools. Discussed are the possibilities to develop tools for environmental assessment which are rapid, precise, transparent and useful, both for research and practice.
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- Mårtensson, Fredrika
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Stadsrum för barns äventyr
- 2015
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Ingår i: Arkitekten. - 0347-058X. ; , s. 44-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Mårtensson, Fredrika, et al.
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Varför forska om gröna skolgårdar?
- 2013
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Ingår i: Legepladsen. - 0907-9424. ; , s. 20-22
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Boldemann, C., et al.
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Preschool outdoor play environment may combine promotion of children's physical activity and sun protection. Further evidence from Southern Sweden and North Carolina
- 2011
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Ingår i: Science and Sports. - : Elsevier BV. - 0765-1597. ; 26:2, s. 72-82
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective. - To study the impact of preschool outdoor environments on children's physical activity and solar ultraviolet (UV) exposure at different latitudes and countries. Methods. Outdoor environments of 11 preschools (two in Raleigh NC, USA, Lat.36 degrees N, nine in Malmo, Sweden, Lat.55 degrees N) were scored (OPEC) regarding space, vegetation, hilly terrain and level of integration between open spaces, vegetation and play structures. Free sky (%) was determined by imaging. Physical activity was measured by pedometers and solar UV-exposure by polysulphone dosimeters during 5 days in spring 2009, and individual background data gathered by questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Global UV radiation was measured and available individual UV radiation (%) computed. Results. - In Malmo, mean step count/minute was 21.2 in preschools with high-scored environment vs. 17.6 in low-scored environments, and UV-exposure lower, 26% vs. 43% of available UV during outdoor stay. In Raleigh, step count/minute was 12.3 and UV-exposure of available UV 27% during outdoor stay. Conclusions. - Step count/minute was lower in Raleigh than in Malmo, but in Malmo children at low-scored environments ran a higher risk of sunburn than in Raleigh. Trees and shrubbery integrated in children's playscape trigger both physical activity and sun-protective behaviour in Sweden, and previous measurements in Stockholm were confirmed. Such outdoor environment should be recommended, but the role of season and climate needs to be further explored. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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