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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Surf Playground by Monstrum</image:title>
      <image:caption>Helsingborg, Sweden “Monstrum's Playgrounds are like climbing into unfinished stories. Giant whales, crashed planes, spider towers that leave room for kids to write the ending.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Block by desert INK</image:title>
      <image:caption>Dubai, UAE. The park features an outdoor gym, multi-sports court, urban beach, skate park/track and open lawns. Construction materials are re-useable, recycled and locally-sourced.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Common Unity by Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura</image:title>
      <image:caption>Azcapotzalco, Mexico City. Common-Unity is a public space rehabilitation project for San Pablo Xalpa Housing Unit.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Rocks on Wheels by Mike Hewson</image:title>
      <image:caption>Southbank, Melbourne, Australia Rocks On Wheels is a regional-scale public art playground on Wurrundjeri Woi-wurrung land, and part of the largest open-space conversion that City of Melbourne has undertaken in recent years.  The project is designed as an inclusive playground that challenges play design norms.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Superkilen, Copenhagen Designed by BIG + Superflex + Topotek 1</image:title>
      <image:caption>Superkilen is a famous, half-mile-long public urban park in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark. Opened in June 2012, it was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the art group Superflex, and landscape architects Topotek1 to celebrate cultural diversity and unite the local community.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Vague des Remparts by BASE Landscape Architecture</image:title>
      <image:caption>Lyon, France. A 1000 m² wooden playground designed based on the risk-taking concept. The Wave plays upon the story of a 19th century rampart attack.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Kilburn Grange Adventure Playground by Root + Erect</image:title>
      <image:caption>Camden, London, UK adventure playground exploring play, risk and co-creation within a treescape.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Punggol Park, Singapore</image:title>
      <image:caption>Featuring an Active Zone and a Passive Zone, the new Therapeutic Garden at Punggol Park is inclusively designed to cater to a diverse range of users including seniors and wheelchair users.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Whakarewarewa Forest (the Redwoods), Rotorua, New Zealand</image:title>
      <image:caption>The land is held by local Māori iwi, and while a donation to the Rotorua Trails Trust is welcomed, it's not a paywall; over 200km of purpose-built trails, fully open access.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Danube Cycle Path (Donauradweg)</image:title>
      <image:caption>A famous 2,850-kilometer (1,770-mile) long-distance bicycle route. It follows the Danube River from its source in the Black Forest of Germany all the way to the Black Sea, passing through Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Erie Canalway Trail</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Erie Canalway Trail is a 360-mile multi-use path stretching across upstate New York from Buffalo to Albany. Roughly 85% of the route is off-road, following historic canal towpaths through small towns, farmlands, and major cities like Rochester and Syracuse.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Canal du Midi, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>It stretches 240 to 260 kilometers (150–162 miles) across southern France, running east-west from Toulouse to the Mediterranean coast (ending at Sète or the Thau Lagoon). It is mostly flat, car-free, and accessible for walking and cycling.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Bondi to Coogee Coastal Walk</image:title>
      <image:caption>a stunning 6-kilometer (3.5-mile) paved path along Sydney's dramatic eastern coastline. It takes about 2 to 3 hours to complete, featuring breathtaking ocean views, secluded bays, magnificent cliff tops, and multiple public ocean pools, cafes, and beaches.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Copenhagen Harbour Bath</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Islands Brygge Harbour Bath in Copenhagen was designed by architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) alongside JDS Architects. Opened in 2002, this 1,600 m² free public facility transformed an industrial port into an iconic social and aquatic space.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Paris Plages, Paris, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>Summer Beaches In The Center Of The City. Paris Plages is when the city turns its riverbanks into pop-up urban beaches, bringing sand, deckchairs, palm trees, and misting stations into the center of town.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Praias fluviais, River Beaches, Portugal</image:title>
      <image:caption>Designated freshwater swimming and recreation spots located along the country's interior rivers, streams, and artificial lakes. Often featuring grassy banks, crystal-clear mountain water, cafes, and lifeguards, they offer a calm, shaded alternative to the busy ocean coastline during summer.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Guðlaug Baths, Akranes, West, Iceland - Basalt Architects</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Guðlaug Baths are a set of modern, award-winning geothermal hot pools built into the rocky breakwater of Langisandur Beach in Akranes, West Iceland. Designed by Basalt Architects and opened in 2018, they offer warm soaking water and panoramic views of the North Atlantic Ocean.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Seebad Enge, Lake Zurich, Switzerland</image:title>
      <image:caption>A popular public floating bath (Badi) located on Lake Zurich in Switzerland. Built in 1959–1960, it features wooden walkways and floating platforms providing dedicated mixed-sex and women-only swimming areas, 44-meter lanes, a lakeside sauna, yoga classes, and a lively bar and restaurant.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Cheonggyecheon stream (청계천), Seoul, Korea -  Mikyoung Kim Design</image:title>
      <image:caption>Runs eastward through the heart of Seoul, passing through 13 neighborhoods in four districts of the capital of South Korea. Throughout its history, the stream played different roles in the city until it was covered by an elevated highway in the 1970s. For over 30 years, this natural artery remained hidden. It was not until 2003 that the city government launched a restoration project to reintegrate this urban waterway into the city fabric, revitalize the local economy, and revive the area's history and culture.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - SESC Pompéia, São Paulo, Brazil — Lina Bo Bardi</image:title>
      <image:caption>A mid-century drum/barrel factory into a cultural and sports centre, completed in 1986.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The High Line, New York City, USA</image:title>
      <image:caption>The High Line is a public park on the West Side of Manhattan operated, maintained, and funded by the nonprofit conservancy Friends of the High Line. Built on a historic, elevated rail line, the High Line is all about reimagining public spaces to create connected, healthy neighbourhoods, and cities.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Underpass Park, Toronto, Canada - PFS Studio with The Planning Partnership</image:title>
      <image:caption>Underpass Park transformed derelict and unused space beneath a series of overpasses into a unique community park.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - The Promenade Plantée - Coulée Verte René-Dumont, Paris, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>An elevated park-like pathway running partly on a viaduct. It is also known as the Coulee Vert, the Green Flow and extends 4.5 kilometers running almost the entire length of the 12th arrondissement. It was created in 1988 by Philippe Mathieux and Jacques Vergely, on the site of the former railway line which, since 1859, had connected the Place de la Bastille to La Varenne-Saint-Maur.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Bristol and Bath Railway Path, UK</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Bristol &amp; Bath Railway Path was constructed on the track bed of the former Midland Railway which closed for passenger traffic at the end of the 1960s. Between 1979 and 1986, the railway line was converted into the Railway Path through hard work by Sustrans volunteers.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Ciclovia, Bogotá, Colombia</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Ciclovía in Bogotá is a weekly public event where the city closes over 120 kilometers (75 miles) of main streets to cars. Every Sunday and public holiday from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM, millions of residents use the car-free routes to walk, run, bike, and roller skate.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - San Francisco Parklet Program, San Francisco, USA</image:title>
      <image:caption>The San Francisco Parklet Program repurposes curbside parking spaces into vibrant public spaces featuring seating, greenery, and art. Launched in 2009 through the city's Pavement to Parks initiative, it transforms spaces meant for cars into neighborhood gathering spots that support local businesses and walkability.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Rue aux enfants, Paris, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>A rue aux enfants (children's street), also known as a rue aux écoles (school street) in Paris, is a street outside a school or in a neighborhood that is closed to cars and motor traffic. These car-free spaces are redesigned with plants and benches to keep children safe, reduce air and noise pollution, and provide open areas to play.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Paris Plages, Paris, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>Paris Plages is a free summer event run by the city of Paris that turns parts of the River Seine banks and local canals into temporary artificial beaches and outdoor resorts with sand, palm trees, deckchairs, and supervised swimming areas</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Schoolyards to Playgrounds Programme, NYC, USA</image:title>
      <image:caption>Hundreds of schoolyards have been renovated and opened to the public during non-school hours through the Schoolyards to Playgrounds program, helping the city to reach its goal in increasing New Yorkers’ access to green and open space.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Waterplein Benthemplein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - De Urbanisten</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rotterdam's famous playground-to-water catchment is the Waterplein Benthemplein (Water Square Benthemplein). Designed by De Urbanisten, it functions as a public sports field and children's playground during dry days, and transforms into a massive temporary basin holding up to 1.7 million liters of rainwater during heavy storms.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Patis Oberts, Barcelona, Spain</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Patis Oberts (Open School Yards) program in Barcelona opens school playgrounds and municipal nurseries as public safe play spaces and climate shelters. During the summer months, selected school yards operate free weekend hours with on-site staff supervision for families, children, and neighbours.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - OASIS schoolyards, Paris, France</image:title>
      <image:caption>The OASIS (Openness, Adaptation, Sensitisation, Innovation, and Social Ties) program in Paris transforms hot, asphalt-covered schoolyards into green, climate-resilient cooling islands. Launched as part of the city's resilience strategy, it redesigns school spaces with plants, trees, and water features to lower urban temperatures and open spaces to local communities during heatwaves.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Knooppunten (node network) System, The Netherlands</image:title>
      <image:caption>The knooppunten (node network) system is a numbered junction-based navigation method used across the Netherlands and Belgium that lets cyclists, walkers, and skaters easily travel along mapped routes by following a sequential list of numbers rather than staring at a map</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - EuroVelo, Europe-wide</image:title>
      <image:caption>EuroVelo is a network of 17 long-distance cycle routes crossing and connecting the entire European continent. Managed by the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), it spans over 90,000 kilometers and is used by both long-distance cycle tourists and locals for everyday travel.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Park Connectors, Singapore</image:title>
      <image:caption>Island-wide routes across Singapore comprising multiple park connectors, trails and footpaths.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - Vitaparcours, Switzerland</image:title>
      <image:caption>A vitaparcours is a free, open-air fitness trail located in a forest or park. Originating in Switzerland in 1968, a standard route is about 2 to 2.5 kilometers long and features roughly 15 exercise stations designed for strength, flexibility, and endurance training using natural or wooden equipment.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - SwitzerlandMobility, Switzerland</image:title>
      <image:caption>SwitzerlandMobility is the official national network and digital platform for non-motorised traffic, leisure, and tourism in Switzerland. It offers thousands of kilometers of uniformly signposted routes for outdoor activities, seamlessly coordinated with public transit.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Santa Monica Stairs are a famous public outdoor fitness destination on the border of Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades, California. They consist of two main adjacent sets of steep outdoor stairs—one wooden (about 170 steps) and one concrete (about 189 to 199 steps)—that connect the lower Santa Monica Canyon to the residential bluffs of Adelaide Drive above.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Undercroft wasn’t designed as a skate park. This patch of concrete ledges, pillars and stairs was left open to the public by architects when the Queen Elizabeth Hall was built in the 1960s, but as early as 1973, the city’s skateboarders adopted it as their own. It now lays claim to being the world’s oldest continually used skate spot.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>"War in the Woods" in mountain biking describes the historical conflicts and culture clashes between early unsanctioned trail builders, mountain bikers, hikers, and local land managers—most famously centered on the North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - A Field Guide to Active Places - City Legends, Global</image:title>
      <image:caption>CityLegends is a community mobile application and digital platform built for street sports, action sports, and urban culture. It connects athletes who participate in disciplines like skateboarding, BMX, freerunning, parkour, and scootering.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A School Street in Lambeth, designed with Meristem Design, “play on the way” street art by Rosie Foden. Lambeth Council ©</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - The School Run Redesign - The Green Man+ scheme gives seniors and those with disabilities between three and 13 seconds more to cross the road. It has potential design implications for groups of children as well.</image:title>
      <image:caption>The Green Man Plus scheme gives seniors and those with disabilities between three and 13 seconds more to cross the road. PHOTO: DESMOND WEE. The Straits Times</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journal - The School Run Redesign - “Meet your next car”. Source: Urban Arrow</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Walk to School Week Campaign by Living Streets UK</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Morrama: Mindful AI tool for kids</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sparkli: AI powered learning platform for children aged 5-12</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fogg, B.J. (2003). Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do. Morgan Kaufmann.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cognitive Bloom by Map Project Office and Chanwoo Lee: https://mapprojectoffice.com/work/cognitive-bloom/</image:caption>
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