The use of public areas by children in the Děčín city and its hinterland

The target of my bachelor thesis is to find out, how children spend their leisure time in Děčín, what places they use, and also in which places the children feel well and which ones are dangerous for them. The review part of the thesis, which is compiled on the basis of literature, is divided into three parts. The first section briefly describes the public space, its criteria for ownership, development of public spaces and the current status. The second part then explains the concept of leisure time, how the children spend it,what impact parents may have on leisure activities for their children, and how important is time that children spend in public space. The last part of the research, a brief description of Decin, its demographic and administrative breakdown. The analytical part describes the creation of questionnaires, which were then used for the survey in selected primary schools and their evaluation. Furthermore, a brief description of the identified locations where children spend their spare time and use the premises for their activities, and in which they do not feel good. These locations are shown schematically on the map. Consequently, these places that children described as unpleasant and dangerous are compared to classified sites in the planning documents