2019 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Understanding threats to young childrens green space access in unlicensed daycare centers
| Project/Area Number |
17K15407
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| Research Institution | Research Institute for Humanity and Nature |
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Principal Investigator |
ルプレヒト クリストフ 総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 上級研究員 (90783895)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | 緑地計画 / green space / public health / children / environmental justice / social infrastructure / green infrastructure / urban planning |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The final year saw the culmination of the project, resulting in several academic outputs, strong implications for public health and urban planning in Japan, and a final effort to synthesize date for publication after end of the grant period.
Results suggest that daycare centers use a variety of GS and aim to provide daily access. Caregivers are vital in mediating children’s access, but locally available GS diversity, quality and quantity as well as institutional support were perceived as lacking. Parents did not rank GS high among their priorities when selecting daycare providers, and showed limited awareness of conflicts during GS visits. Implications of this study include the need for caregivers and parents to communicate and collaborate to improve GS access, and the importance of strong public investment into holistically improving GS diversity, quality and quantity from the perspective of public health and urban planning. Results and ongoing analysis also suggest that demand hotspots exist, with work ongoing to identify them across the study sites.
The research has resulted in a number of academic outputs: a major paper combining daycare and parent survey results was published in the leading journal International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, while additional work around city transformations affecting childrens health was published and presented.
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