Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSA
Play is critical for the mental and physical development of children worldwide, and urban play spaces are critical to neighborhood sustainability. The paper draws attention to the neglect of children’s needs in the urban vision of development and how they are affected by the growing dependence on c...
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2020-06-01
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Play is critical for the mental and physical development of children worldwide, and urban play spaces are critical to neighborhood sustainability. The paper draws attention to the neglect of children’s needs in the urban vision of development and how they are affected by the growing dependence on cars in Jeddah City. Through the literature review of both children’s perspectives on playful urban spaces and the major challenges to creating a child-friendly urban environment while prioritizing a quality transport system, this research will determine a design framework for childfriendly urban areas. The paper will argue that this framework in Jeddah could be further enriched and informed by considering children’s perspectives in the design process. The study develops a design proposal for the selected location that reflects the results of the research carried out by the author. The interviews were performed and observations made during the summer of 2019 among children and inhabitants of the selected area affected by urban planning.
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| spelling | doaj-art-6d81edbcd86647ca8a181aabb33bf10d2025-08-20T03:40:51ZengAlanya ÜniversitesiProceedings of the International Conference of Contemporary Affairs in Architecture and Urbanism-ICCAUA3023-70092020-06-013110.38027/N102020ICCAUA316272Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSAUsama A. Nassar0Faculty of Engineering, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt Play is critical for the mental and physical development of children worldwide, and urban play spaces are critical to neighborhood sustainability. The paper draws attention to the neglect of children’s needs in the urban vision of development and how they are affected by the growing dependence on cars in Jeddah City. Through the literature review of both children’s perspectives on playful urban spaces and the major challenges to creating a child-friendly urban environment while prioritizing a quality transport system, this research will determine a design framework for childfriendly urban areas. The paper will argue that this framework in Jeddah could be further enriched and informed by considering children’s perspectives in the design process. The study develops a design proposal for the selected location that reflects the results of the research carried out by the author. The interviews were performed and observations made during the summer of 2019 among children and inhabitants of the selected area affected by urban planning. https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/314ChildrenPlayful Urban SpacesJeddahConnectivityUrban Childhood |
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| title | Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSA |
| title_full | Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSA |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSA |
| title_short | Children Deserve A Space to Play: A Vision for a Better Urban Playing Spaces in Jeddah, KSA |
| title_sort | children deserve a space to play a vision for a better urban playing spaces in jeddah ksa |
| topic | Children Playful Urban Spaces Jeddah Connectivity Urban Childhood |
| url | https://journal.iccaua.com/jiccaua/article/view/314 |
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