Measuring the Built Environment for Children Theoretical Perspectives
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Capturing and measuring qualities of the built environment is a fundamental aspect of planning. Planners need to develop a vivid picture of the physical and social environments people inhabit in order to understand what impacts their plans and actions may have. Measures can indicate the built environment’s qualities and represent them in a way that is useful for planning to address particular issues and problems. One issue that is a currently receiving much attention in planning is the place of children in urban and urbanising environments (Mitchell et al 2007; Handy et al 2008; Lim and Barton 2010; Giles-Corti et al 2011). Noted in this research is that the relationship children share with urban environments is distinct from that of adults in many ways. If planners are to accommodate children in their plans or design plans specifically for children, measures of urban quality and the built environment need to reflect the needs and capacities of children.
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