2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A study on environmental developments which contribute to activation of children's mind and body
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13305041
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Town planning/Architectural planning
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
SENDA Mitsuru Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor, 大学院・理工学研究科, 教授 (60179364)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
INOUE Hisashi Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Assistant Professor, 大学院・理工学研究科, 助手 (70282837)
YADA Tsutomu Aichi Sangyo University, College of Art and Design, Professor, 造形学部, 教授 (30288568)
HATTORI Akiyo Osaka Univeristy of Arts, Faculty of Art, Professor, 芸術学部, 教授 (00319568)
SAIMURA Jyun Japan Child and Family Research Institute, director of social work section, ソーシャルワーク研究担当部長
NASU Masahiro Rikkyo University, College of Arts, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40260989)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Keywords | children / activate / environmental improvement / urban environment / spatial improvement / social systems / children's environment / elementary school |
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| Research Abstract |
We have been researching on poverty of play and play environment of children until now since 1970's. The investigation was carried out for the elementary school (about 3500 persons, 4〜6 grader) of about 40, and play of children and present state of the play environment and activity of the mind and body were grasped. As a result of the investigation, it was proven that the play environment of children continually decreasing since 1970's. The poverty was also confirmed content and time and friend relation of the play of children. In this research, outdoor play space quantity of a child reduces almost by half, from about 8500 m^2 in 1970's to about 4400 m^2 now. "The time in which children play in a day" is being decreased near half, from 4 hours 50 minutes in 1970's to 2 hours 46 minutes now, and the proportion of indoor play represented for games increases. In spite of the poverty of the play, the satisfaction for playground and play hours of children increases, and therefore, "will for
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the play" seems to decrease. In addition, it was shown that there was the correlation with "activity of the mind and body" in "the poverty of the play". Referring to Machida City and Hirosaki City, the play environment was evaluated, and the directivity of the improvement of the play environment was examined. Based on these, the proposal of "For the improvement of the environment where children can actively play" in Japan was arranged. They are (1) "Activation of the plays", (2) "Improvement of play environment based on the master plan", (3) "Activation of children's play base in the region", (4) "Continuity of the play space", (5) "Improvement of playground in winter", (6) "Creation of space for junior high school student and senior high school student", etc.. These were made to be intending the environmental improvement, and it aims at not only improvement of the space in mere hardware side but also reconstruction of the play environment as relating social system of all people of the region. By utilizing the result of this research, it is desired that the environment, which activates children, be improved. Less
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Research Products
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