Hees, Igno van (2021) Vital sportsparks, the solution for a more active environment for the youth? Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This thesis investigates vital sports parks and the role they can play in creating a more active environment for the youth. To improve general health youth needs to be more active. One way to do this is by designing public open space in a way that promotes physical activity, creating a more active environment. This thesis investigates the role sports parks could have in creating a more active environment. An important new development currently happening at sports parks is the creation of so called vital sports parks. At these sports parks the usage of the sports park is improved. This trend is investigated using a framework based on time geography to look at the authority and coupling constraints that are removed from sports parks. A separation is made between a non-spatial approach where new activities are organised on the sports park and a spatial approach where the sports park becomes part of public open space. Through a literature review factors in public open space promoting youth physical activity are identified. Semi structured interviews are used to gain more insight in the new vital sports parks. Based on the results a model is created that describes the process of creating a vital sports park and the role youth physical activity promoting factors in public open space can have on this process in the future.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Niekerk, F. |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2021 07:59 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2021 07:59 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3647 |
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