Playground@Landscape

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Articles in issue 2016 - 6

Events

6th sportinfra realized – Focus on sustainability

This year's sportinfra took place at the premises of the Hessian regional sports association on November 16 – 17, 2016. This sixth event in the two-day trade conference series was held under the motto "Ways towards sustainable sports facilities and exercise areas – cooperation, financing, modernising."...

Playground Safety

The requirements for the safety of network playground equipment

Whenever the subject of safety comes up, the emotions come into play. Sentiments such as fear, trust and the willingness to face up to risk determine the extent of security that each individual will feel to be appropriate in given circumstances...

Playground Safety

Official standards, EC-type examination and their effect on the safety of playgrounds

The development of playground equipment standards

Playground Safety

Poisonous plants on playgrounds

It is important to be able to experience nature. We need to be able to allow our children to discover through their own senses how things taste, smell and feel. And there is nothing that children enjoy more than playing outdoors in a natural...

Events

Largest Euro Attractions Show Hosts A Record- Breaking 12,600 Attractions Professionals in Barcelona

A record-number of European attractions industry professionals gathered at Euro Attractions Show (EAS) 2016 in Barcelona, Spain, over the past three days (20-22 September) to discover the latest developments in the leisure and attractions industry...

Playground Safety

Changes for German child day care centres ‒ the regulations of public sector accident insurers

Child day care centres provide facilities for teaching and the socialisation of children at quite different stages of development across a relatively wide age range. In Germany, they come in the form of crèches for children aged less...

Playground Safety

Changes and updates to EN 1176

An interview with Andreas Strupp (Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Wood Technology, Department of Quality Assurance, Product Safety and Standards at eibe Produktion + Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG, FLL/BSFH accredited playground inspector per DIN SPEC 79161, Chairman of the Standards Committee NA Sport 112-07-01 AA 'Playground equipment')

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Noise protection ? – Recognising the socio-political importance of sport

Why reform of the sports facility noise directive is urgently necessary, how associations are campaigning for this and which steps are now necessary.

Science

About the important role of challenges and risks - Children need challenging playing areas to promote their development

In the classical sense of the term, the expression movement is often associated with sports and physical fitness. Nevertheless, the significance of the word movement includes much more than this. If movement is practised in a playful, self-determined...

Playground Safety

Law and play: product liability and organizational responsibility

Playground equipment manufacturers bear great responsibility for the safety of their products. Violations of the specific manufacturers’ duties may not only result in serious consequences for children, but also in considerable product liability risks....

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Living and doing sport in a city - on reconciliation of interests between sport development and noise protection

Living and sport are significant elements of urbanity and quality of life in our cities. They are uses which supplement each other and which must be possible in locations near each other. After publication of the Leipzig Charta...