Case Studies
What would parks and public spaces designed for girls look like? A small number of schemes have been designed in Europe, which have come to a remarkably similar set of conclusions and proved that it is possible to make a park much more appealing to girls without incurring vast cost.
The interventions include
- better lighting
- more swings
- good quality toilets.
- wider entrances to play areas
- smaller, subdivided sports areas
- adding a second more open court
- seating areas which are arranged in groups
- circular paths around the edge of the park
But the key recommendation is always that these schemes should be taken as inspiration rather than a template because the most important step of all is to ask the girls what they want from the places in which they live.
