Recreatlon and Restrictions
Community Skateboard Parks in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11668239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patsy Eubanks Owens (0000-0002-5561-964X, University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 782-797 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2001.11501634 |
| OpenAlex | W2183092013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Communities in the United States have provided limited recreational areas specifically for teenagers. The recent construction of skateboard parks is an exception. Although these facilities provide recreational opponunities for some skateboarders, they are usually accompanied by restrictions such as confining skateboarding to defined bounds, requiring protective clothing, and enacting restrictive skateboard ordinances. This case study examines community skateboard parks in three California communities. This examination reveals three main themes associated with these public facilities - motivation, design and management, and use. Community motivations include wanting both to provide teens with a place to go and to prohibit skateboarding in other areas. Skateboarders want a place to skateboard, but do not want to be restricted to one place. Considerations in design and management include location selection, liability and safety concerns, and design style. Use of these facilities is limited to those teens specifically interested in skateboarding. Consequently, community skateboard parks fulfill only to a limited degree the recreational needs of teenagers as a group. [Key words: adolescents, skateboard parks, design, recreation.]
Clothing · Environmental health · Poison control · Political science · Public relations · Recreation · Sociology · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Outdoor and Experiential Education · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
| Citations per year | 0.28 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |