Play and the city : how to create places and spaces to help us thrive / Alex Bonham.
Cities have always been sites of play, bringing people together and pushing the boundaries of what is humanly possible. And now we need our cities to encourage and facilitate play of all kinds more than ever. If we want a world for our children to play in, we need to have a go at doing things differ...
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London :
Robinson, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group,
[2021].
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Table of Contents:
- Part One: Play and You ; 1. Play and pleasure: which is which?
- 2. Playing to learn
- 3. What is a game?
- 4. Why don't we play (more)?
- 5. Easing yourself back into play
- Part Two: Play and the City ; 6. Play and pleasure
- 7. Play in the city over time
- 8. Winners and losers
- 9. Conceptualising the city as a game (that is good to play)
- 10. Planning the playful city
- Part Three: Playing the City ; 11. How you can bring more play into the city
- 12. Reconnecting to nature in the city
- 13. Your play personality in the city
- 14. Playing on the edge
- 15. Playing together nicely
- Leveling up.