Matluba Khan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4416758 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matluba Khan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matluba |
| FAMILY NAME | Khan |
| SIGNATURE | KHAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5546-1870 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Co-Designing Neighborhoods for Play with Children
Research highlights significant gaps in the active engagement of children in placemaking, planning, design and governance activities at the neighborhood scale. Our study critically addresses these gaps through neighborhood-scale engagement with children aged 8 to 17 in Cardiff, Wales, a recently designated UNICEF child-friendly city. Participants' activities included co-assessing neighborhoods and co-designing plans to enhance play, playful activ…
Informal creative spaces for meaningful co-design of public spaces with children
How can place support pedagogy? Application of the concept of cognitive affordances in research and design of outdoor learning environments
This paper adopts an ecological approach to describe the opportunities offered by school landscape for children’s curricular learning. The approach is based on Gibson’s concept of affordances which refers to the opportunities offered by an environment to its users. The research conducted in school grounds in two different contexts – Scotland and Bangladesh drew on this theory to examine the relationship between the school landscape and children’s…
Displaced children’s experience of places and play
There is a lack of understanding about displaced children’s experiences of places and play in the field of children’s geographies and built environment. This paper contributes to emerging knowledge in the fields of displacement, place and play by summarising and identifying gaps in the existing evidence regarding displaced children’s experiences of place in temporary and/or informal settlements, or in new environments. The scoping review deployed…
To do or not to do
This article contributes to an ongoing discussion regarding the ethics of online research involving children and young people (CYP) during crises. The paper critically reflects on our experience of designing, approving and conducting a multi-country study utilising an online diary to investigate how social, physical and virtual conditions shape and are shaped by CYP’s everyday experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our reflections identify fou…
Behavioural change box? Applying the COM-B model to understand behavioural triggers that support consumption of fruits and vegetable among subscribers of a fruit and vegetable box scheme
Objective: To understand the key mechanisms that support healthy dietary habits promoted by fruit and vegetable (F&V) box schemes, testing relevant behaviour change triggers identified under the COM-B model in an evaluation research study of a Portuguese F&V box scheme (PROVE). Design: Correlation study with a post-test-only non-equivalent group design based on survey data. The mechanisms underpinning the differences between subscribers and non-s…
Place, Pedagogy and Play
Place, Pedagogy and Play connects landscape architecture with education, psychology, public health and planning. Over the course of thirteen chapters it examines how design and research of places can be approached through multiple lenses – of pedagogy and play and how children, as competent social agents, are engaged in the process of designing their own spaces – and brings a global perspective to the debate around child-friendly environments.Des…
Designing an outdoor learning environment for and with a primary school community
In Bangladesh, school grounds are usually barren areas devoid of any designed features. This study explored children’s, teachers’ and parents’ views of what would constitute an effective school ground for learning, socialising and playing at primary schools in rural Bangladesh. Working within the theory of behaviour settings to design school grounds, several methods were applied: focus groups with children, teachers and parents, a drawing session…
Ten Lessons for Good Practice for the Inherit Triple Win
The world's challenges of climate change, damage to ecosystems, and social and health inequalities require changes in human behaviours at every level of organisation, among governments, business, communities, and individuals. An important question is how behaviour change can be enabled and supported at the scale and speed required. The research reported in this paper describes important lessons for good practice in changing contexts to modify beh…
Addressing Inequity
Green space areas offer several benefits that support our physical, psychological, and social health. However, the level of engagement with green space areas may not be the same across population groups. Using a mixed-method research design, we investigated the use of a green space area and whether and how the area was beneficial for health, social inclusion, and physical activity for all socioeconomic groups in a suburban area in Norway. The stu…
Equity, Health, and Sustainability with PROVE
PROVE is a Portuguese program that empowers small-scale farmers organized into local networks to directly commercialize baskets of locally produced fruits and vegetables to consumers. This study applied a post-test-only non-equivalent group design to evaluate the resulting influence on the social empowerment of farmers and on consumer diets. The method included conducting a survey of PROVE farmers ( n = 36) and a survey of PROVE consumers ( n = 2…
Effects of a School Based Intervention on Children’s Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
Combined diet and physical activity school-based interventions (rather than only diet or physical activity interventions) are more likely to help prevent children from becoming overweight in the long term. However, such interventions are less prevalent, and therefore, this pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of a gardening intervention coupled with awareness about plant-based meals among 9-10 year old children in a London primary school. …
There is no better way to study science than to collect and analyse data in your own yard’
The design and use of outdoor spaces for primary school teaching and learning has been given little consideration in the present context. The existing evidence base is mostly from western perspectives. In this study, an outdoor classroom was designed and built in a primary school in Bangladesh and used to teach children (n = 30) their science curriculum. Multiple methods were used to investigate the impact of the outdoor classroom on students’ le…
How to grow a playspace
This edited volume presents a comprehensive account of current practices in playspace design, examining play environments from a child-developmental perspective. The book covers a range of issues
Designing an outdoor learning environment for and with a primary school community
In Bangladesh, school grounds are usually barren areas devoid of any designed features. This study explored children’s, teachers’ and parents’ views of what would constitute an effective school ground for learning, socialising and playing at primary schools in rural Bangladesh. Working within the theory of behaviour settings to design school grounds, several methods were applied: focus groups with children, teachers and parents, a drawing session…
There is no better way to study science than to collect and analyse data in your own yard’
The design and use of outdoor spaces for primary school teaching and learning has been given little consideration in the present context. The existing evidence base is mostly from western perspectives. In this study, an outdoor classroom was designed and built in a primary school in Bangladesh and used to teach children (n = 30) their science curriculum. Multiple methods were used to investigate the impact of the outdoor classroom on students’ le…
There is no better way to study science than to collect and analyse data in your own yard’
The design and use of outdoor spaces for primary school teaching and learning has been given little consideration in the present context. The existing evidence base is mostly from western perspectives. In this study, an outdoor classroom was designed and built in a primary school in Bangladesh and used to teach children (n = 30) their science curriculum. Multiple methods were used to investigate the impact of the outdoor classroom on students’ le…
How to grow a playspace
This edited volume presents a comprehensive account of current practices in playspace design, examining play environments from a child-developmental perspective. The book covers a range of issues
Ten Lessons for Good Practice for the Inherit Triple Win
The world's challenges of climate change, damage to ecosystems, and social and health inequalities require changes in human behaviours at every level of organisation, among governments, business, communities, and individuals. An important question is how behaviour change can be enabled and supported at the scale and speed required. The research reported in this paper describes important lessons for good practice in changing contexts to modify beh…
Addressing Inequity
Green space areas offer several benefits that support our physical, psychological, and social health. However, the level of engagement with green space areas may not be the same across population groups. Using a mixed-method research design, we investigated the use of a green space area and whether and how the area was beneficial for health, social inclusion, and physical activity for all socioeconomic groups in a suburban area in Norway. The stu…
Equity, Health, and Sustainability with PROVE
PROVE is a Portuguese program that empowers small-scale farmers organized into local networks to directly commercialize baskets of locally produced fruits and vegetables to consumers. This study applied a post-test-only non-equivalent group design to evaluate the resulting influence on the social empowerment of farmers and on consumer diets. The method included conducting a survey of PROVE farmers ( n = 36) and a survey of PROVE consumers ( n = 2…
Effects of a School Based Intervention on Children’s Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
Combined diet and physical activity school-based interventions (rather than only diet or physical activity interventions) are more likely to help prevent children from becoming overweight in the long term. However, such interventions are less prevalent, and therefore, this pilot study aimed to assess the feasibility of a gardening intervention coupled with awareness about plant-based meals among 9-10 year old children in a London primary school. …
Place, Pedagogy and Play
Place, Pedagogy and Play connects landscape architecture with education, psychology, public health and planning. Over the course of thirteen chapters it examines how design and research of places can be approached through multiple lenses – of pedagogy and play and how children, as competent social agents, are engaged in the process of designing their own spaces – and brings a global perspective to the debate around child-friendly environments.Des…
Designing an outdoor learning environment for and with a primary school community
In Bangladesh, school grounds are usually barren areas devoid of any designed features. This study explored children’s, teachers’ and parents’ views of what would constitute an effective school ground for learning, socialising and playing at primary schools in rural Bangladesh. Working within the theory of behaviour settings to design school grounds, several methods were applied: focus groups with children, teachers and parents, a drawing session…
Behavioural change box? Applying the COM-B model to understand behavioural triggers that support consumption of fruits and vegetable among subscribers of a fruit and vegetable box scheme
Objective: To understand the key mechanisms that support healthy dietary habits promoted by fruit and vegetable (F&V) box schemes, testing relevant behaviour change triggers identified under the COM-B model in an evaluation research study of a Portuguese F&V box scheme (PROVE). Design: Correlation study with a post-test-only non-equivalent group design based on survey data. The mechanisms underpinning the differences between subscribers and non-s…
Displaced children’s experience of places and play
There is a lack of understanding about displaced children’s experiences of places and play in the field of children’s geographies and built environment. This paper contributes to emerging knowledge in the fields of displacement, place and play by summarising and identifying gaps in the existing evidence regarding displaced children’s experiences of place in temporary and/or informal settlements, or in new environments. The scoping review deployed…
To do or not to do
This article contributes to an ongoing discussion regarding the ethics of online research involving children and young people (CYP) during crises. The paper critically reflects on our experience of designing, approving and conducting a multi-country study utilising an online diary to investigate how social, physical and virtual conditions shape and are shaped by CYP’s everyday experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our reflections identify fou…
How can place support pedagogy? Application of the concept of cognitive affordances in research and design of outdoor learning environments
This paper adopts an ecological approach to describe the opportunities offered by school landscape for children’s curricular learning. The approach is based on Gibson’s concept of affordances which refers to the opportunities offered by an environment to its users. The research conducted in school grounds in two different contexts – Scotland and Bangladesh drew on this theory to examine the relationship between the school landscape and children’s…
Co-Designing Neighborhoods for Play with Children
Research highlights significant gaps in the active engagement of children in placemaking, planning, design and governance activities at the neighborhood scale. Our study critically addresses these gaps through neighborhood-scale engagement with children aged 8 to 17 in Cardiff, Wales, a recently designated UNICEF child-friendly city. Participants' activities included co-assessing neighborhoods and co-designing plans to enhance play, playful activ…
Informal creative spaces for meaningful co-design of public spaces with children
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Geography (4 works)