ABSTRACT

Universal Design (UD) is promoted internationally for the design of public playgrounds that support outdoor play, social participation, and inclusion. Despite this international recognition of UD, there is a lack of research evidence concerning the applicability of UD for playground design. Instead, municipalities need to rely on best practice guidelines to inform the design of public playgrounds for inclusion. Internationally, numerous grey literature guidelines have been produced for designing public playgrounds for inclusion, resulting in a lack of consensus on core principles for applying UD. Thus, this scoping review study aimed to synthesise findings from a review of international grey literature guidelines to strengthen the knowledgebase for designing public playgrounds for inclusion. Three themes were identified that characterise core considerations for good design: (1) design approaches, (2) design principles and (3) design recommendations. Although UD is recognised as having potential to support the design of public playgrounds, inconsistent design approaches, principles, and recommendations, were communicated within these guideline documents. Still, the core concept of inclusion underpinned all guideline documents and a tailored application of UD dominated. Consequently, to fully realise the design of public playgrounds for inclusion, UD may need to be tailored for play; however, further research is required.

摘要

通用设计 (UD) 在国际上得到推广，用于支持户外玩耍、社会参与和包容性的公共游乐场设计。尽管 UD 在国际上得到认可，但仍缺乏关于 UD 在游乐场设计中的适用性的研究证据。相反，市政当局需要依靠最佳实践指南来设计公共游乐场以实现包容性。国际上，已经制定了许多灰色文献指南来设计包容性的公共游乐场，导致对应用统一设计的核心原则缺乏共识。因此，这项范围界定审查研究旨在综合国际灰色文献指南审查的结果，以加强设计包容性公共游乐场的知识库。确定了表征良好设计核心考虑因素的三个主题：(1) 设计方法、(2) 设计原则和 (3) 设计建议。尽管 UD 被认为有潜力支持公共游乐场的设计，但这些指导文件中传达了不一致的设计方法、原则和建议。尽管如此，包容性的核心概念仍然是所有指导文件的基础，并且 UD 的定制应用占主导地位。因此，为了充分实现公共游乐场的包容性设计，UD 可能需要针对游戏进行定制；然而，还需要进一步研究。这些指导文件中传达了不一致的设计方法、原则和建议。尽管如此，包容性的核心概念仍然是所有指导文件的基础，并且 UD 的定制应用占主导地位。因此，为了充分实现公共游乐场的包容性设计，UD 可能需要针对游戏进行定制；然而，还需要进一步研究。这些指导文件中传达了不一致的设计方法、原则和建议。尽管如此，包容性的核心概念仍然是所有指导文件的基础，并且 UD 的定制应用占主导地位。因此，为了充分实现公共游乐场的包容性设计，UD 可能需要针对游戏进行定制；然而，还需要进一步研究。