Vol. 4, No 2, 2006 pp. 115 - 125
UDC 711.432:712.25+712.5(045)=20

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FUNCTION AND ORGANIZATION OF 
CHILDREN PLAYGROUNDS IN THE HOUSING ESTATES
Branislava Stoiljković
University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Serbia

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Abstract. Playing is extremely important for the physical and mental health of children. As the outdoors playing is especially important, playgrounds, as the most favorable form of open spaces for children's playing, are of immense significance and they are necessary in the housing districts. Children need the playgrounds which challenge their faculties and capabilities and offer the possibility to develop the new ones. Planning and designing of children playgrounds should be performed by the teams of experts, which will honor in the process the numerous standards, recommendations and requirements which determine the location, quality and appearance of the equipment, arrangement of the equipment, kind of material used for the protective surfacing etc.
Key words: children, playgrounds, housing estates, designing, equipment.

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FUNKCIJA I ORGANIZACIJA SLOBODNIH PROSTORA 
ZA DECU U STAMBENIM NASELJIMA Igra je od izuzetnog značaja za fizičko i mentalno zdravlje dece. Kako je igra napolju posebno bitna, igrališta su, kao najpovoljniji oblik otvorenih prostora za igru dece, neizmerno važna i neophodna u stambenim naseljima. Deci su potrebna igrališta koja izazivaju njihove sposobnosti i pružaju mogućnost da razviju nove. Planiranjem i projektovanjem dečjih igrališta treba bave timovi stručnjaka, poštujući pri tom brojne standarde, preporuke i zahteve koji propisuju izbor lokacije za igrališta, kvalitet i izgled opreme, način na koji se oprema raspoređuje, vrstu materijala za zaštitnu podnu oblogu itd.