@article{3a48277c9b304f4889ca5c12d94871db,
title = "Realizing article 31 through General Comment No. 17: overcoming challenges and the quest for an optimum play environment",
abstract = "This is an introductory paper to a theme collection of papers arising from the 20th IPA Triennial World Conference held in Calgary (Canada) in 2017, which wasattended by more than 700 delegates representing close to 50 countries and more than 400 presentations were delivered across four days. Following the conference, it became apparent that there was a need to revisit the existing body of knowledge on play in the physical environment—across a wide range of geographic and sociocultural contexts—to advance contemporary understanding of the key issues that were constraining children{\textquoteright}s opportunities to play. Drawing inspiration from section six of General Comment No. 17, this special issue of Children, Youth and Environments addresses four themes, two of which are core to General Comment No. 17 and two of which are interwoven through it. We selected the papers in this collection from presentations delivered by play researchers, advocates, designers, educators, and practitioners at the IPA World Conference.",
keywords = "Article 31, UNCRC, play, play environments, children, children's environments",
author = "McKendrick, {John H.} and Janet Loebach and Theresa Casey",
note = "Changed template from Contribution to journal – Editorial. Unable to access VoR; no subscription to journal. 29/05/20 DC Pub date: 2 issues per year, used last date for issue 2 (31 Dec 2018). 08/06/20 DC Acceptance email and AAM req'd 08/06/20 DC ^Author noted by email 8/6/20 - AAM not accessible (lockdown reasons) and acceptance email has been deleted. ET 12/6/20 ",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "31",
doi = "10.7721/chilyoutenvi.28.2.0001",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "1--11",
journal = "Children, Youth and Environments",
issn = "1546-2250",
publisher = "University of Colorado",
number = "2",
}