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Articles in issue 2016 - 4

Playground Report

Green oasis with Celtic-themed playground

One objective of the project for the renovation and redesign of the municipal park in Erding in Bavaria was to provide for a sensitive, eco-friendly approach to the preservation of the existing stock of trees while adapting the site to the needs of the local residents....

Planning, Designing, Building

How green should our cities be? And to what extent do we need to cater for physical exercise?

Notes on the topic of 'Exercise and green spaces as part of urban development concepts' in Nuremberg.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Sustainable sports facility maintenance – long lasting and environmentally compatible

It is no secret that good sports facilities need good maintenance. And yet it can be seen again and again that the definition of "good and sustainable maintenance" differs greatly in many cases. Above all the as "easy care" advertised artificial turf pitches often suggests...

Playground Safety

Challenges, adventures, games and sports - but always taking into account the necessary safety

The playground at Silcherplatz in Heilbronn

Sports & Leisure Facilities

KGSt Sports Facilities Comparison Report – Support for sustainable sport facility management

Since 2012, member towns in the nationwide German intercommunal performance comparison circle for sports facilities have exchanged key figures and experience involved with the construction and operation of community sport centres. Together with the advisory office KGSt...

Fitness & Urban Sports

Does every local community need an outdoor fitness park?

The arguments for and against – more for than against or less for and more against? A discussion with Steffen Strasser (Head of the Exercise Park Group BSFH) and Professor Robin Kähler (dvs e.V.).

Planning, Designing, Building

Ways of involving local communities in the active planning of public spaces

Public consultation is a phrase that is on everyone's lips because it is considered to be a factor that essentially determines the success of undertakings - although this insight has only really prevailed in Germany since certain major construction projects triggered large scale public protests. And yet, this strategy...

Playground Safety

Impacts on and Effects of the Vorarlberg Playground Law

Six years ago in the Austrian Federal State of Vorarlberg, the playground law came into effect. It’s time to have a closer look at the effects this law has had.