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CITIES FOR CHILDREN
WG 2: Housing & Outdoor Space
14-15/05/2009 Ghent
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About Ghent
Overall Surface: 15.643 ha
Population: < 240.000 inhabitants• Growth/increase: + 2.500 since 2007 (+1,1%)• Slight female predominance (51,06 %)• 12 % immigrants• 67.000 youth 0-25 years (30 % of total population)• 60.000 students
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About Ghent
Geographical:• Historical centre:
- Commercial- cultural
• 19th century belt- 40% of the children on
10% of the surface area- Issue of underprivileged
youth- Special attention
• Sub-urban:- More rural- Middle-class
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Housing Policy: Housing Study
Some results:
People want to live in a child friendly city Provide more one-family houses More accomodations for students
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Social Pedagogical meaning of the neighbourhood on children 3 questions:• relates to the way in which the construction of the neighbourhood influences
the learning opportunities offered to children • concerns the way in which children define their neighbourhood and how they
influence the construction of this environment • relates to the way in which developments in the neighbourhood help to shape
the meaning of childhood
Recognizing urban public space as a co-educator!
More info:Sven De Visscher, Dep. of Social Welfare Studies,
University of Ghent, [email protected],
Phone: +32-9-264-62-91
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Visits
Several parks and play areas… in relation to each other
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
4 objectives:
Play Layer
Youth Participation
Integration in other policy-sectors/departments improves
Mutual communication
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Planning Group: intersectoral collaboration• Department of Urbanism & Environmental Planning• Parks & Public Gardens Department• Department for Mobility• Department for Education• The Department City-Policy• The Sports Department• The Youth Department
The chairmanship is in hands of the play area official (Youth Department).
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Larger network:
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Participation: general principles• Support of other sectors/partners• Participation-traject integrated in project-trajet
Designing a park
Urban Renual Project
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
• Source: children & youngsters• Succession
Designing a park
Urban Renual Project
About schoolroutes
Designing a playground
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Participation: points of attention• Participative attitude of the supervisor• Correct information & communication• Translation of the results to policy • Intergenerational
Asking mothers
Doing things together
Visualise
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‘Elastic methode’
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Manual ‘Playlayer in Ghent’
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Play Area Policy of Ghent
Playlayer: a network of places & connections
• FORMAL PLAY GROUNDS1. Various types of play areas
• INFORMAL PLAY AREA2. Residential streets3. Squares4. Green area 5. Sports facilities6. Outdoor area at schools7. Outdoor area of other collective facilities8. Water
• CONNECTIONS9. Slow roads, bicycle or pedestrian routes, easy-paced road connections
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Projects
Study ‘Adventurous Play & Build’
Scandinaviëstraat - Gent
Westerringspoor - Gent
‘De Timmerfabriek’
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Projects
Playstreets
‘Slow Roades’
‘De Timmerfabriek’
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Projects
Playable Art‘De Timmerfabriek’
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Projects
Social Network‘De Timmerfabriek’
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Discussions about:
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But also about:
The different themes above
Benchmarking Mainstreams Legal bases Pilotprojects
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And about:
Network(ing) Responsabilities Foundations (CF
policy, politics), cement (planning, behaviour)
and bricks (themes, projects)
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Thank you