Where do young children in middle-class high-rise housing estates play?A critical analysis of spatial planning and design parameters across seven heterogeneous housing estates in Pune, India

IF 6.1 1区 心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Sruthi Atmakur-Javdekar
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Play is fundamental to children's physical growth, social development, and mental and emotional well-being; and how we plan, and design high-rise housing estates impacts children's ability to access and use spaces for play, thus impacting their overall growth and development. By using Lefebvre's Spatial Triad (1974/1991) as an analytical framework, this paper investigates (1) ‘Conceptualized Space’ or ‘play areas and materiality of the play areas as conceptualized by design professionals’; (2) ‘Actual Space’ or ‘spaces where children actually play’; and (3) ‘Experienced Space’ or ‘caregivers’ assessment of play spaces and their preferences of play materials, elements and surfaces for young children in high-rise housing estates. Comparative case-study research of seven housing estates from a baseline study of 63 high-rise housing estates was adopted to realize contrasts, patterns, or similarities across the cases. Methods included (1) semi-structured open-ended interviews with design professionals including developers (n = 4), architects (n = 4), landscape architects (n = 2) and play equipment manufacturer (n = 1); (2) In-depth field studies; and (3) semi-structured open-ended interviews with parents (n = 27), grandparents (n = 5) and nannies (n = 4) of young children. This study generates new knowledge about design and planning considerations for designated play spaces, caregivers' and designers ideas around nature based play, caregivers' preferences of play elements, materials and surfaces, and details spatial factors influencing young children's play areas in housing estates. As a way forward, the paper offers 11 guidelines to influence the design and planning of play spaces and open areas in future housing estates to fulfil young children's play needs.

中产阶级高层住宅区的幼儿在哪里玩耍?对印度浦那七个不同住宅区的空间规划和设计参数的批判性分析
游戏是儿童身体成长、社会发展、心理和情感健康的基础;而我们如何规划和设计高层住宅区会影响儿童进入和使用游戏空间的能力,从而影响他们的整体成长和发展。通过使用列斐伏尔的空间三要素(1974/1991)作为分析框架,本文调查了(1)"概念化空间 "或 "设计专业人员概念化的游戏区域和游戏区域的物质性";(2)"实际空间 "或 "儿童实际游戏的空间";以及(3)"经验空间 "或 "照料者对游戏空间的评价及其对高层住宅区幼儿游戏材料、元素和表面的偏好"。在对 63 个高层住宅区进行基线研究的基础上,对 7 个住宅区进行了个案比较研究, 以了解不同个案之间的对比、模式或相似之处。研究方法包括:(1)与设计专业人员进行半结构化开放式访谈,包括开发商(4 人)、建筑师(4 人)、景观建筑师(2 人)和游乐设备制造商(1 人);(2)深入实地研究;以及(3)与幼儿父母(27 人)、祖父母(5 人)和保姆(4 人)进行半结构化开放式访谈。这项研究为指定游戏空间的设计和规划考虑因素、照料者和设计师对自然游戏的想法、照料者对游戏元素、材料和表面的偏好以及影响屋幼儿游戏区的空间因素的细节提供了新的知识。作为未来发展方向,本文提出了 11 项指导原则,以影响未来住宅区游戏空间和开放区域的设计和规划,满足幼儿的游戏需求。
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CiteScore
10.60
自引率
8.70%
发文量
140
审稿时长
62 days
期刊介绍: The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space
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