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Environmental psychology concerning child-environmentrelationships has too often forgotten the environmentitself. Place based child-environment research isneeded to anchor children's experiences and behaviourto actual physical settings. This book introduces anew assessment model for a child-friendlyenvironment, based on two central criteria:children's possibilities for independent mobility andtheir opportunities to actualize environmentalaffordances. Four hypothetical types of environmentare distinguished: Bullerby, Wasteland, Cell, andGlasshouse. The Bullerby represents a child-friendlyenvironment, as it allows a positive interactivecycle to develop between a child and the environment.The empirical results from almost 250 childrenindicate that the model is sensitive enough to assessthe child friendliness of different communities inFinland and Belarus. In general, the proportion ofBullerby settings decreases and that of Glasshousesettings increases as the degree of urbanizationrises. The Bullerby-model allows the integration ofchildren's experiences with the material world, andit provides information that can be used in planningof child-friendly environments.
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Environmental psychology concerning child-environment
relationships has too often forgotten the environment
itself. Place based child-environment research is
needed to anchor children s experiences and behaviour
to actual physical settings. This book introduces a
new assessment model for a child-friendly
environment, based on two central criteria:
children''s possibilities for independent mobility and
their opportunities to actualize environmental
affordances. Four hypothetical types of environment
are distinguished: Bullerby, Wasteland, Cell, and
Glasshouse. The Bullerby represents a child-friendly
environment, as it allows a positive interactive
cycle to develop between a child and the environment.
The empirical results from almost 250 children
indicate that the model is sensitive enough to assess
the child friendliness of different communities in
Finland and Belarus. In general, the proportion of
Bullerby settings decreasesand that of Glasshouse
settings increases as the degree of urbanization
rises. The Bullerby-model allows the integration of
children''s experiences with the material world, and
it provides information that can be used in planning
of child-friendly environments.
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Kyttä Marketta Marketta Kyttä, PhD, environmental psychologist: StudiedPsychology and Urban Planning at Helsinki University and atHelsinki University of Technology. Senior Research Fellow atCentre for Urban and Regional Studies in Helsinki University ofTechnology.
