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Nature-based Playgrounds

Nature-Based Playgrounds is a type of play space design that integrates natural elements and ecological systems as foundational components to foster child development through experiential, sensorimotor, and environmentally immersive play, distinguishing it from conventional playgrounds that primarily rely on manufactured structures.

78

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4.4K

Citations

168

Authors

69

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

26

Variants

Natural Playgrounds

Parents

Publications

78

The Natural Environment as a Playground for Children: The Impact of Outdoor Play Activities in Pre-Primary School Children

Ingunn Fjørtoft · Early Childhood Education Journal · 2001 · 519 citations

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Landscape as Playscape: The Effects of Natural Environments on Children's Play and Motor Development

Ingunn Fjørtoft · Children Youth and Environments · 2004 · 518 citations

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The natural environment as a playground for children

Ingunn Fjørtoft, Jostein Sageie · Landscape and Urban Planning · 2000 · 453 citations

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Landscape interventions: new directions for the design of children's outdoor play environments

Susan Herrington, Ken Studtmann · Landscape and Urban Planning · 1998 · 189 citations

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Landscapes for play: Effects of an intervention to promote nature-based risky play in early childhood centres

Mariana Brussoni, Takuro Ishikawa, Sara Brunelle et al. · Journal of Environmental Psychology · 2017 · 177 citations

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Authors

168

  1. VC
    Victoria Carr

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    7 publications · 179 citations

    7

    h-index

  2. LK
    Leslie Kochanowski

    4 publications · 76 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. JE
    Julie Ernst

    University of Minnesota, Duluth, United States

    3 publications · 160 citations

    3

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  4. RD
    Rhonda Douglas Brown

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    3 publications · 56 citations

    3

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  5. SH
    Susan Herrington

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 366 citations

    2

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Institutions

69

  1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  2. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    335 citations

  3. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    474 citations

  4. University of Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    138 citations

  5. Monash University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    417 citations

  6. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    225 citations

  7. University of Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    220 citations

  8. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

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Venues

  1. Children Youth and Environments

    CYE · 16 publications · 916 citations

    13

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  2. Journal of Environmental Psychology

    4 publications · 441 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Adventure Education & Outdoor Learning

    JAEOL · 3 publications · 202 citations

    3

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  5. Landscape and Urban Planning

    3 publications · 658 citations

    3

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