Woolley, H. orcid.org/0000-0002-6238-4068 (2021) Beyond the fence: constructed and found spaces for children's outdoor play in natural and human-induced disaster contexts – lessons from north-east Japan, and Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 56. 102155. ISSN 2212-4209
Abstract
Play is part of the nature of childhood and affirmed as important internationally in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is therefore an anomaly that play is not a pillar of humanitarian aid and this is of particular concern because children are displaced and become refugees disproportionately compared to adults, as a result of both natural and human-induced disasters. Play can help children deal with some of the traumas resulting from a disaster and thus contribute to their health and well-being Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) and help prepare them for education Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Using the theoretical framework of constructed and found spaces for children's outdoor play the paper explores these in two contexts: after the triple disaster in north-east Japan and Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan. The results indicate that in the temporary housing areas of these disaster contexts children play in found spaces which are proximal, associated with temporary housing, and distal, beyond the temporary housing. New constructed spaces were stand alone or associated with safety/educational facilities for children but there were differences in this provision between the two contexts, with more provision in the bounded refugee camp than in the geographically dispersed disaster area in Japan. This difference in provision is suggested as being the result of several factors but may also reflect the fact that provision for children's play is not a pillar of humanitarian aid, which it should be in order to protect the child's right to play in such traumatic situations.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Children's play; Children's rights; Natural and human-induced disasters; Great East Japan Earthquake; Tohuku; Japan; Za'atari refugee camp; Jordan; Disaster risk reduction plans |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Landscape Architecture (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number INTERNATIONAL PLAY ASSOCIATION nan |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2021 11:16 |
Last Modified: | 26 Feb 2022 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102155 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:174712 |