TY - JOUR TI - Fuctions and basic principles for spatial organization of educational and recreational farms with animals in European cities AU - Tarajko-Kowalska, Justyna TI - Fuctions and basic principles for spatial organization of educational and recreational farms with animals in European cities AB - A rapid development of technology, increasing urbanization, life in urban agglomerations as well as the degradation of the natural environment are constantly alienating humans from the world of plants and animals, depriving them of the possibility of using the therapeutic properties of nature. A specific antidote on the so-called “Nature Deficit Disorder” (NDD) in a big metropolis may turn out to be a city farm with animals, which, in addition to its main educational role, plays equally important functions: therapeutic, recreational and socio-cultural. The article presents the idea of such farms and analyzes various functions they perform in the structure of contemporary European cities. Their program and basic principles of spatial organization have also been characterized.   VL - 2017 IS - Volume 11 Year 2017 (114) PY - 2017 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 53 EP - 68 DO - 10.4467/2353737XCT.17.188.7418 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/fuctions-and-basic-principles-for-spatial-organization-of-educational-and-recreational-farms-with-animals-in-european-cities KW - city farm KW - educational farm KW - children farm KW - NDD – Nature Deficit Disorder KW - AAT – Animal-Assisted Therapy KW - AAE – Animal-Assisted Education