Children's appreciation of outdoor places in a poor neighborhood Export

@article{citeulike:4172799, abstract = {Children 7–12 years of age, living in a poor neighborhood, photographed outdoor places where they liked to go in their neighborhood. In individual interviews, they discussed their photos, selected their favorite place, and discussed the places they disliked. Children identified parks and playgrounds most often both as liked and disliked places, and spaces near an acquaintance's home as their favorite place. Liked places varied according to children's age and degree of vegetation. Children's negative perceptions of places were centered on safety threats. Children distinguish favorite places from liked places only by the greater number of positive characteristics and activities they offer children. The study highlights how positive and negative features coexist in places of importance to these children.}, author = {Castonguay, Genevi\`{e}ve and Jutras, Sylvie}, citeulike-article-id = {4172799}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.002}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0272494408000418}, doi = {10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.002}, issn = {02724944}, journal = {Journal of Environmental Psychology}, keywords = {attitudes, children, landscape, urban}, month = {March}, number = {1}, pages = {101--109}, posted-at = {2009-03-14 00:23:44}, priority = {0}, title = {Children's appreciation of outdoor places in a poor neighborhood}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.002}, volume = {29}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4172799 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4172799 N2 - Children 7–12 years of age, living in a poor neighborhood, photographed outdoor places where they liked to go in their neighborhood. In individual interviews, they discussed their photos, selected their favorite place, and discussed the places they disliked. Children identified parks and playgrounds most often both as liked and disliked places, and spaces near an acquaintance's home as their favorite place. Liked places varied according to children's age and degree of vegetation. Children's negative perceptions of places were centered on safety threats. Children distinguish favorite places from liked places only by the greater number of positive characteristics and activities they offer children. The study highlights how positive and negative features coexist in places of importance to these children. IS - 1 JF - Journal of Environmental Psychology SN - 02724944 EP - 109 TI - Children's appreciation of outdoor places in a poor neighborhood VL - 29 SP - 101 KW - attitudes KW - children KW - landscape KW - urban AU - Castonguay, Geneviève AU - Jutras, Sylvie PY - 2009/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.05.002 ER -