In an attempt to understand how children (urban children, in particular) perceive nature, this paper reports on interviews conducted with eight- and nine-year-old children from the Chicago metropolitan area. Children rated a set of black-and-white photographs of nature scenes for preference. (LZ)

Discusses young adolescents' perceptions of nature in the context of urban environmental education. The role of nature experiences in environmental education, the concept of nature from a historical perspective, students' perceptions and experiences of nature and their implications for environmental education are also discussed. (LZ)

An excerpt from the 1994 report, "Healing America's Cities," produced by the Trust for Public Land. Presents evidence of a powerful link between the availability of recreational facilities and the level of urban crime. (LZ)

Including teens' needs in the planning and maintenance of urban space suggests new methods of layering utility and maximizing benefit to teens and community. Discusses the Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA) Youth Employment Landscape Program and BYA Community Garden Patch. Program descriptions and evaluation provide future direction. (LZ)

The Master Gardener Classroom Garden Project provides inner-city elementary school children in the San Antonio Independent School District with an experiential way of learning about horticulture, gardening, themselves, and their relationships with their peers. Qualitative interviews indicate that participation in the gardening project had many…

Exploratory research designed to discover the socio-physical qualities that a sample of New York City parents viewed as dangerous in relationship to the activities of their 9- to 11-year-old children. Compares parents with different ethnic and racial backgrounds, and the impacts of parent beliefs on children. (LZ)

Describes the methods used by elementary school student parents, teachers, administrators, and the surrounding community to create an urban wildlife habitat in central Phoenix. The program is designed to increase the likelihood of students becoming environmentally responsible citizens. (LZ)

A community participation program model called Neighborhoods- 2000 was developed based on the concept of promoting intergenerational cooperation as a means of addressing community planning issues. This paper focuses on the Long Island City-2000 project because it included the most extensive program evaluation. (LZ)