Create, control and have territories or secret places: A comparative study of children's play territoriality in their daily outdoor environments between Beijing's urban villages and modern residential areas

《Create, control and have territories or secret places: A comparative study of children's play territoriality in their daily outdoor environments between Beijing's urban villages and modern residential areas》

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关键字: Child-friendly spaces; Territoriality; Outdoor activities; Urban villages; Residential areas; Community design

作者单位: [Wang, Fang; Wang, Hsiao Chieh] Peking Univ, Coll Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Sinogerman Joint Lab Urbanizat & Local Res UAL, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. [Wang, Fang; Zhen, Feng] Peking Univ, Minist Educ, Key Lab Earth Surface Proc, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. [Ruan, Huiting; Zong, Yingqiao] Peking Univ, Sch Urban Planning & Design, Sinogerman Joint Lab Urbanizat & Local Res UAL, Shenzhen 518055, Peoples R China. [Zhen, Feng] Nanjing Univ, Sch Architecture & Urban Planning, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China. Wang, F (reprint author), Peking Univ, Coll Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Sinogerman Joint Lab Urbanizat & Local Res UAL, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China. E-Mail: wfphd@pku.edu.cn; ruanhuiting@pku.edu.cn; 2593874059@qq.com; 827478634@qq.com; zhenfeng@nju.edu.cn

摘要: Outdoor activity spaces have very significant influences on children's growth and development. While being one of the most important spaces for children, their living environments have differentiated with the urbanization process in China. This study aims to examine the territorial selection, territorial psychology and territorial behavior of children 8-12 years old when playing outdoors from the perspective of human territoriality theory by comparing two groups of children living in urban villages and residential areas in Beijing respectively. The results show that the overall territoriality of children in residential areas is greater than that of children in urban villages. Children's territorial psychology and territorial behaviors are closely related to their cognition and spatial use. Whether the territories are dominated by groups or individuals, children in residential areas generally consider them to be play spaces, while children in urban villages tend to express feelings in their territories. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.