EXAMINATION OF DESING CRITERIA FOR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS; THE TATVAN BOARDWALK CASE STUDY
EXAMINATION OF DESING CRITERIA FOR CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUNDS; THE TATVAN BOARDWALK CASE STUDY

Summary/Abstract: In the era when concretization has increased and technology has developed, physical activity of children has also decreased in parallel with these developments. Decreased physical activity negatively affects the physical, mental and social development of children. Decreasing activity levels have increased the importance of children's playgrounds as a result of intense urbanization. Proper planning and design of children's playgrounds positively affects the quality of activity in playgrounds. In this study, the design criteria of children's playgrounds was scrutinized under the headings of ‘Safety,’ ‘Durability,’ ‘Ease of Use,’ Aesthetics,’ ‘Floor Element Selection,’ ‘Playground Equipment Selection,’ ‘Flora Selection,’ and ‘Topography According to Ground Infrastructural Features.’ Within the scope of this study, the children's playgrounds located along the boardwalk of Bitlis province’s Tatvan provincial district were examined based on design criteria according to their qualitative characteristics. Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used in the study process. As a result of the study, it was determined that said children's playgrounds along the Tatvan coastline were not built according to universal design criteria.

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