The Science of Play: How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance

The Science of Play: How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

Poor design and wasted funding characterize todayâ€™s American playgrounds. A range of factorsâ€”including a litigious culture, overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversionâ€”have created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an active component in enlivening community space.

Solomonâ€™s book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships. Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families.

The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city managers, local politicians, and parents.
Country USA
Brand University Press of New England
Manufacturer University Press of New England
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781611686104
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781611686104
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of New England
Manufacturer	University Press of New England
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781611686104
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781611686104
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Science of Play: How to Build Playgrounds That Enhance Children's Development

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