Preference and fear : The importance of place experiences in children and young people´s use of parks

• This research paper focuses on the experience, maintenance and planning of an urban park. The aim is to analyse how the park is understood as a physical, social and emotional place (Sack, 1997)by children, aged 8-11, and young people, aged 15-17, in order to highlight the similarities and differences in place experiences between these groups. The paper also focuses on how efforts made to increase urban safety, such as changing lighting and pruning greenery, affect how these groups use and experience the park (Ke-Tsung, 2009). Qualitative participatory research, consisting of interviews, observations, walks and photographs, was conducted to understand how children and young people experience and use the park before and after an urban safety programme was carried out in the park.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

children

young people

place experience

park

safety

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

kon (ämneskategori)