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PSY235: Portfolio, Playground/Park Design Assignment

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Research Articles

Optimizing Urban Children’s Outdoor Play Spaces: Affordances, Supervision, and Design Dynamics (2023)
Evaluation Study on the Smart and Interactive Landscape Design of Haiyuntai Waterfront Park from the Perspective of a Sustainable City (2025)
Analyzing Urban Parks for Older Adults’ Accessibility in Summer Using Gradient Boosting Decision Trees: A Case Study from Tianjin, China (2025)
Designing Smart Urban Parks with Sensor-Integrated Landscapes to Enhance Mental Health in City Environments (2025)
Citywide park renovations and changes in perceived stress: a quasi-experimental study among low-income communities in New York City (2025)
Designing Age-Friendly Paved Open Spaces: Key Green Infrastructure Features for Promoting Seniors’ Physical Activity (2025)
Research on the impact of the urban park built environment on physical activity (2025)
A natural experiment to examine the impact of park renewal on park-use and park-based physical activity in a disadvantaged neighbourhood: the REVAMP study methods
Research on the impact of the urban park built environment on physical activity (2025)
The Non‐Linear Effects of Urban Green Space on Promoting Physical Activity of Old Adults at Different Obesity Status in Semi‐Arid Area: A Case Study of Lanzhou, China
Call for papers: Generating stronger evidence to inform policy and practice: natural experiments on built environments, health behaviours and chronic diseases (2024)
Sports Psychology and its Role in Designing Children's Playgrounds for Developmental Support (2023)
The hidden value of in-between spaces for children’s self-directed play within outdoor school environments (2020)
Children’s experiences of playground characteristics that contribute to play value and inclusion: Insights from a meta-ethnography (2023)
Walking, talking, playing: Children with disabilities' outdoor play in French mainstream schools. (2025)
Children’s perceptions of playing on inclusive playgrounds: A qualitative study (2020)
How can place support pedagogy? Application of the concept of cognitive affordances in research and design of outdoor learning environments (2023)
Incorporating Sports Psychology Techniques into Children's Playground Activities for Psychological Development (2023)
Affordances of School Ground Environments for Physical Activity: A Case Study on 10- and 12-Year-Old Children in a Norwegian Primary School (2022)
Optimizing Urban Children’s Outdoor Play Spaces: Affordances, Supervision, and Design Dynamics (2023)
The Relationship between Park Design and Seniors’ Use of Green Spaces in X’ian, China (2023)
A Study on the Spillover Effects of Children’s Outdoor Activity Space Allocation in High-Density Urban Areas: A Case Study of Beijing (2024)
Connecting urban green and blue spaces with children’ health: a bibliometric analysis in CiteSpace and VOSviewer (2025)
Designing Parks: That Bring Generations Together (2025)
Creating Exercise Spaces in Parks for Older Adults With Fitness, Rehabilitation, and Play Elements: A Review and Perspective (2022)
Association of Playground “Playability” With Physical Activity and Energy Expenditure (2023)
Does the Spatial Layout of a Playground Affect the Play Activities in Young Children? A Pilot Study (2021)
Outdoor Playground Design Criteria Development for Early Childhood Development: A Delphi Study from the Perspective of Fundamental Movement Skills and Perceptual-Motor Skills (2021)
Playground Design: Contribution to Duration of Stay and Implications for Physical Activity (2023)
Play Preferences of Preschoolers According to the Design of Outdoor Play Areas. (2023)