<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A rapid development of technology, increasing urbanization, life in urban agglomerations as well as the degradation of the natural environment are constantly alienating humans from the world of plants and animals, depriving them of the possibility of using the therapeutic properties of nature. A specific antidote on the so-called “Nature Deficit Disorder” (NDD) in a big metropolis may turn out to be a city farm with animals, which, in addition to its main educational role, plays equally important functions: therapeutic, recreational and socio-cultural. The article presents the idea of such farms and analyzes various functions they perform in the structure of contemporary European cities. Their program and basic principles of spatial organization have also been characterized.</p></abstract>

A rapid development of technology, increasing urbanization, life in urban agglomerations as well as the degradation of the natural environment are constantly alienating humans from the world of plants and animals, depriving them of the possibility of using the therapeutic properties of nature. A specific antidote on the so-called “Nature Deficit Disorder” (NDD) in a big metropolis may turn out to be a city farm with animals, which, in addition to its main educational role, plays equally important functions: therapeutic, recreational and socio-cultural. The article presents the idea of such farms and analyzes various functions they perform in the structure of contemporary European cities. Their program and basic principles of spatial organization have also been characterized.

Fuctions and basic principles for spatial organization of educational and recreational farms with animals in european cities

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A rapid development of technology, increasing urbanization, life in urban agglomerations as well as the degradation of the natural environment are constantly...

Fuctions and basic principles for spatial organization of educational and recreational farms with animals in european cities

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: 53 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.189.7418

Keywords
city farm, educational farm, children farm, NDD – Nature Deficit Disorder, AAT – Animal-Assisted Therapy, AAE – Animal-Assisted Education

© 2017 Justyna Tarajko-Kowalska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Fuctions and basic principles for spatial organization of educational and recreational farms with animals in european cities

Published Online: May 29, 2020

Page range: 53 - 68

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.189.7418

Keywordscity farm, educational farm, children farm, NDD – Nature Deficit Disorder, AAT – Animal-Assisted Therapy, AAE – Animal-Assisted Education

© 2017 Justyna Tarajko-Kowalska, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
city farm, educational farm, children farm, NDD – Nature Deficit Disorder, AAT – Animal-Assisted Therapy, AAE – Animal-Assisted Education