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Growing Up in the Inner City
Green Spaces as Places to Grow
Andrea Faber Taylor
University of Illinois
Angela Wiley
Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois
Frances E. Kuo
Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois
William C. Sullivan
Human-Environment Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois
Children growing up in the inner city are at risk for a range of negative developmental outcomes. Do barren, inner-city neighborhood spaces compromise the everyday activities and experiences necessary for healthy development? Sixty-four urban public housing outdoor spaces (27 low vegetation, 37 high vegetation) were observed on four separate occasions. Overall, inner-city children's everyday activities and access to adults appeared remarkably healthy; of the 262 children observed, most (73%) were involved in some type of play, and most groups of children (87%) were supervised to some degree. In relatively barren spaces, however, the picture was considerably less optimistic: Levels of play and access to adults were approximately half as much as those found in spaces with more trees and grass, and the incidence of creative play was significantly lower in barren spaces than in relatively green spaces.
Environment and Behavior, Vol. 30, No. 1,
3-27 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0013916598301001
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