Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Not in my back schoolyard: schools and skate-park builds in Western Australia
Skate-parks serve as hang-out hubs for juveniles engaged in both lawful leisure pursuits (e.g. skateboarding, inline skating, bike/scooter riding and urban artistry) and illegal activities (e.g. graffiti-writing, underage drinking or substance abuse). Thus, proposed skate-park builds often can produce polarized community debate. Such debate typically focuses on issues relating to the potentiality for increased graffiti-tagging, noise, litter, and antisocial behaviour and the resultant fear that such actions might engender in the community's more vulnerable members. This places city planners in the difficult position of having to decide whether to approve or not approve skate-park builds. This study reports on a common concern regarding skate-park builds namely whether their placement in close proximity to schools will increase the likelihood of graffiti attack. Correlation analysis of the annual removal costs for 355 schools located within Western Australia revealed that this graffiti-attack concern is unfounded as, regardless of school size or SES Index, there is no strong linear relationship between distance from skate-parks and number of graffiti incidents or yearly graffiti removal costs.
Not in my back schoolyard: schools and skate-park builds in Western Australia
Skate-parks serve as hang-out hubs for juveniles engaged in both lawful leisure pursuits (e.g. skateboarding, inline skating, bike/scooter riding and urban artistry) and illegal activities (e.g. graffiti-writing, underage drinking or substance abuse). Thus, proposed skate-park builds often can produce polarized community debate. Such debate typically focuses on issues relating to the potentiality for increased graffiti-tagging, noise, litter, and antisocial behaviour and the resultant fear that such actions might engender in the community's more vulnerable members. This places city planners in the difficult position of having to decide whether to approve or not approve skate-park builds. This study reports on a common concern regarding skate-park builds namely whether their placement in close proximity to schools will increase the likelihood of graffiti attack. Correlation analysis of the annual removal costs for 355 schools located within Western Australia revealed that this graffiti-attack concern is unfounded as, regardless of school size or SES Index, there is no strong linear relationship between distance from skate-parks and number of graffiti incidents or yearly graffiti removal costs.
Not in my back schoolyard: schools and skate-park builds in Western Australia
Taylor, Myra (Autor:in) / Marais, Ida (Autor:in)
Australian Planner ; 48 ; 84-95
01.06.2011
12 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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