Add to ORKGHot, humid, cracking, and sinking, the Crescent City seems unlikely for skateboarding. Frequently referenced for being \u27up to no good,\u27 unsupervised adolescents seem an unusual candidate to create opportunities for environmental justice. The paper examines how settings afford prosocial behaviours amongst skateboarding adolescents. Young people have a unique capacity to improve settings for play. Using evidence collected from site observation and YouTube videos, sk8ters reveal that supportive places can arise from blight and vacancy. The research has broader implications for sustainability and environmental justice professionals working with vulnerable populations to transform degraded spaces into beneficial places
Throughout history, skateboarding has been classified as an alternative sport associated with noncon...
Young people’s political agency manifests in ways that are different from adults and that agency is ...
In recent decades skateboarding has expanded from recreation into a form of transportation. Skateboa...
Concrete is plastic when wet, brittle before it cures, course without polishing or wax, cheap, readi...
This essay examines skateboarding as an architectural act of pleasure that allows private spaces in ...
Today, street skateboarding has transformed from a subcultural pursuit to a mainstream urban endeavo...
There are two central topics in this study: the first topic relates to the physical space created by...
The authors document young skaters and freerunners’ improvisational use of public space and the deve...
Skateboarding is the sixth most popular sport amongst adolescent boys aged 12-17, with about 20% par...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 201...
From the small scales of curbs, benches, and stairs, to the largest scale of buildings, and even edg...
This is the final version. Available from Routledge via the DOI in this record. This paper explores ...
The history of skateboarding’s development is closely connected to water and fluidity, with the birt...
Scholars agree that public space is essential for adolescents living in low-income communities. How...
The contemporary city waterfront areas could gather a strategic and multifunctional role, as a publi...
Throughout history, skateboarding has been classified as an alternative sport associated with noncon...
Young people’s political agency manifests in ways that are different from adults and that agency is ...
In recent decades skateboarding has expanded from recreation into a form of transportation. Skateboa...
Concrete is plastic when wet, brittle before it cures, course without polishing or wax, cheap, readi...
This essay examines skateboarding as an architectural act of pleasure that allows private spaces in ...
Today, street skateboarding has transformed from a subcultural pursuit to a mainstream urban endeavo...
There are two central topics in this study: the first topic relates to the physical space created by...
The authors document young skaters and freerunners’ improvisational use of public space and the deve...
Skateboarding is the sixth most popular sport amongst adolescent boys aged 12-17, with about 20% par...
Thesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 201...
From the small scales of curbs, benches, and stairs, to the largest scale of buildings, and even edg...
This is the final version. Available from Routledge via the DOI in this record. This paper explores ...
The history of skateboarding’s development is closely connected to water and fluidity, with the birt...
Scholars agree that public space is essential for adolescents living in low-income communities. How...
The contemporary city waterfront areas could gather a strategic and multifunctional role, as a publi...
Throughout history, skateboarding has been classified as an alternative sport associated with noncon...
Young people’s political agency manifests in ways that are different from adults and that agency is ...
In recent decades skateboarding has expanded from recreation into a form of transportation. Skateboa...