Children's nomination of friendly places in an urban neighbourhood in Shiraz, Iran
Abstract:
This study investigates how children conceive of and value the outdoor environment as a child-friendly
one with particular reference to an urban neighbourhood in Shiraz, Iran. It utilizes Chatterjee's (2005.
"Children's Friendship with Place: A Conceptual Inquiry." Children, Youth and Environments 15 (1): 126) place friendship construct to find out friendly places and their attributes from children's points of
view. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 106 middle childhood children. Findings suggest
that a child-friendly neighbourhood is made up of diverse places that children use to meet their different
needs. However, formal and informal open spaces, private precincts, and streets in the neighbourhood
afforded highest contributions to place friendship.