Spencer, C. & H. Woolley, 2000, Children and the city: a summary of recent environmental psychological research, in: Child Care, Health and Development, 26, 3
- Author : Spencer, C. & H. Woolley
- Year : 2000
- Journal/Series : Child Care, Health and Development
- Volume Number (ANNUAL: Counting Volumes of the Year shown above) : 3
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 26
- Pages : 181-198
- Contents in English : The environmental psychological literature is reviewed as it focuses on children’s needs and experiences o town and cities. Children are, the authors argue, the unacknowledged outsiders in the planning and management of urban areas; yet their enjoyment of and contribution to these areas is ignored at our peril. The authors discuss the importance of place attachment in the child’s developing personal identity; and the rich affordances of towns and cities for the child’s well-being and development, alongside an assessment of the evidence about the social and physical dangers that are more frequently stressed in popular discussions: these range from strangers and street crime, to traffic and pollution.
- Comments/Notes : KEYWORDS: place attachment, affordances, preferences, cognitive maps, safety, planning, urban space, participation.