In the news today there was an article (
link here) about the National Trust's Natural Childhood Report. This is about how parents are not allowing their children outside to play like they used to because of fears over health and safety, mainly 'stranger danger' and worries about road traffic. The report says that as a result children are not only loosing touch with nature but their social, mental and physical development is being affected leading to problems in later life.
I thought this was a very important thing to consider as landscape architects; to create safer streets and neighbourhoods with accessible green spaces, especially important in cities where nature can sometimes be scarce. So below I've done a little brainstorm of some of the points from the report.
Sophie Thompson
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As someone who has spent a lot of time in plarks and playgrounds over the last few years I am very conscious of how important this subject is. Safe and usabel streets and spaces: a very good starting point for any masterplan and something for years 2 and 3 to bear in mind in the second unit!
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