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Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape

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Children and the Environment

Part of the book series: Human Behavior and Environment ((HUBE,volume 3))

Abstract

In the urban environment, the creation of childhood places cannot be left to chance or the vagaries of pressure groups; they must be deliberately fostered by planning, design, and management to satisfy basic human needs. Our purpose therefore is to present existing empirical findings, within a behavior-environment ecological framework, to support more rational decision-making.

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  1. The People Environment Group, San Francisco, California, USA

    Robin Moore

  2. Berkeley, California, USA

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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Irwin Altman

  2. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

    Joachim F. Wohlwill

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Moore, R., Young, D. (1978). Childhood Outdoors: Toward a Social Ecology of the Landscape. In: Altman, I., Wohlwill, J.F. (eds) Children and the Environment. Human Behavior and Environment, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3405-7_4

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