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NIMBY – Not In My Backyard – a phenomenon on the decline?
Neighbours complaining to the local authority about the noise from children playing outdoors in the nursery next door. Neighbours complaining about the teenagers... |
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A guide to play spaces of the future
In October Denmark got the publication “Insight into Play – A Guide to the Playscapes of the Future” (in Danish only) given out by Monday morning Innovation. |
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The European Innovative Games Award 2009 for KOMPAN ICON
On 8 November KOMPAN ICON won one of three European Innovative Games Awards, EIGA. |
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Do teenagers play?
There are many initiatives to increase the attractiveness and activities in outdoor play spaces for youth across Europe and the USA... |
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Manhattan Plaza: Players on a roof top
On June 8th, New York’s first interactive electronic playground was opened at Manhattan Plaza on 43rd Street. Manhattan Plaza is an affordable housing complex and home... |
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Pfronten up front in German digital play
The small town of Pfronten at the absolute south of Bavaria, Germany, considers playgrounds a serious contribution to children’s and families’ health and well-being. |
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The People’s Park, Waterford, Ireland
In June this year, Waterford, Ireland, added a teenage challenge to the People’s Park: a KOMPAN ICON play area was erected next to the toddler and primary school grounds. |
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GROUND at the Stadium Park, Stavanger, Norway
The GROUND teenage play area which was opened in December 2008 at the Stadium Park, Stavanger, marks the first step of a plan to make the area an attractive play and sports destination area for families... |
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Transforming play value in playgrounds
Don Tapscott, in his new book “Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing Your World”, brings a refreshing perspective on technology and the Net Generation. |
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Digital play: Young Scientist Exhibition in Ireland
The 2009 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in Dublin, Ireland, featured a “Teen Zone” designed to attract teenagers. |
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Providing places for young people?
How can we ensure that places for young people and children to play are a natural part of planning new neighbourhoods? |
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GROUND: a stage and an urban teen jungle
How about building a Chinese graffiti wall with teen activities through the park? Or an urban jungle with lots of climbing and lush resting zones? |
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The GROUND principles live in Stockholm
On the first of October 2008 the children in the socially challenged suburb Tensta in Stockholm got a KOMPAN GROUND. |
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Nowhere to Go in the Netherlands
The website about young people and play is now available in Danish, Dutch and English. |
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“Design should come from the community”
The Environment Trust in Scotland works with the local community to find the funds to renovate the outdoor environment and recreational outdoor areas in particularly deprived areas. |
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An open-access leisure site for youth
The district of Le Mée north of Paris has a population of app. 20.000 and a big need for open outdoor leisure solutions for young people. |
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Physically active young people in the neighbourhood, Mölndal, Sweden
Åby, Mölndal, is a social residential development near Gothenburg. The site has two schools, and over the last two years there has also been plenty of space for outdoor physical activities. |
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Space for tweens – a campaign from Jantje Beton
In the Netherlands, Jantje Beton, a well-known NGO that advocates children’s rights, has initiated a poster campaign that emphasises the lack of playful outdoor leisure sites for teenagers. |
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