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Last updated: February 15, 2022 @3:50 pm
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Susan Herrington

Professor
Faculty of Applied Science
School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Vancouver Campus
Fields
Architecture, Canada, Children and Babies, Creative Arts, Environment, History, Human Rights
Expertise

Children’s outdoor play environments, playgrounds, natural play environments, risky play, landscape architecture, landscape architecture history, landscape theory

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susan.herrington@ubc.ca
phone: 604–822–6829
In the Media

2016:
Adding natural elements to playgrounds can help depression in kids: study

Kids happier in play spaces with elements of nature, study suggests

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Arbutus’ asphalt greenway not paved with good intentions, critics say

2015:
http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2015/04/02/are-playgrounds-too-safe/

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