Play and the City
How to Create Places and Spaces to Help Us Thrive
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
13 July 2021
Summary
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 differently.
A city that is enjoyable to live in - that provides welcoming spaces, plentiful resources, and an attitude of ‘yes, you can’ - is a playful city. A city that is good for eight-year-o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472144805 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472144805 |
| Author: | Alex Bonham |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
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Urges us to wander the city in wonderment: look up, look down, find a new shortcut. But most of all, turn up and join in - Kete Books
The scope is broad and, like a literary game of parkour, the highly readable narrative jumps from one fast-paced fragment to the next - a string of facts, interlaced, but travelling in no defined direction … Urges us to wander the city in wonderment: look up, look down, find a new shortcut. But most of all, turn up and join in * Kete Books *
About The Author
Alex Bonham
Alex Bonham was raised in the UK, and worked in publishing and the arts before travelling overland to her mother’s native New Zealand in 2008. She now lives in Auckland with her husband, two children and a pack of dogs and campaigns for a more vibrant and sustainable, all-ages-friendly city. She has two Masters degrees, one in Law, the other in Drama and she is currently working towards a doctorate on the Playful City.
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