Outdoor space design supporting healthy development in preschool childhood period

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Existing social and physical environment negatively affects psychical, psychological, mental and social developments of individuals in the preschool childhood period. In the words, the environment does not offer continuous play opportunities for children and does not adequately respond urge to move, sense of their curiosity and discovery, their perception development. Besides the environment limits children’s freedom and has isolated them from nature and society. For the healthy development of children, their outdoor playgrounds around residential areas should be organized in accordance with preschool childhood period’s developmental stages and ontological needs. In the study, how existing environment affects the healthy development of children is presented. Recommendations on how the necessary conditions supporting the healthy development of children in outdoor space design could be provided by city planning and landscape architecture disciplines are made. Recommendations are related to outdoor space design included natural elements and offered continuous play opportunities..

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Preschool childhood period , Healthy development , Outdoor space design , Play , Nature.

Turkish Journal of Forestry

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Turkish Journal of Forestry