Table 4. Summary of design guidelines by design target

Sortation Contents Presence status
USA accessible play areas Ireland platy for all Singapore inclusive play design guide England inclusive landscape-design Japan play for all children Australia inclusive design manual
Space and movement Accessible routes

Provides width slope, and dull use for wheelchair users to move freely in the play area

Width slope, height and rotation space standards to allow wheelchair users access to play equipments with height

Transfer systems • A system that allows wheelchair users to access a play equipments with lowered height from the wheelchair, including platform stairs
Reach ranges • A person in a wheelchair can extend his / her arms or hands to present a side range and a front range range so that he can touch or manipulate objects
Handrails • If a ramp is installed on a height-adjustable playground, the appropriate height of the installation height and the distance between the adjacent walls to prevent safety accidents are provided on both sides
Entry point to the equipments and the sitting part • The child is seated at the entrance of the riding equipment with a height or easily accessible to the floor-mounted rides
Effective floor area and rotation space • If the user of wheelchair or mobile assistant has to use a ramp to access or access a rides on the ground or a play equipment with elevation, the minimum effective floor area and slope, radius of rotation and slope, T-shaped turning space, swing application, etc.
Unit Equipments Play tables • A large, thin container can be used as a table-shaped wheelchair user or a child in a standing posture that can be played side by side. The size of the play table in which the knee is inserted and the play table in which the knee does not enter
Swings

Present swing type of various difficulty to choose the level of play, challenge level and help for children

Boundary fences, swing seats, swing types, chains, anti-collision, sunshade, thermal measures, wheelchair users

Slides

Provide route guidelines such as ramps, uphill transfer systems, stairs, ladders, net climbing, wall climbing

Present platform, material, safety bar, shortcut, view, and relaxation space standards

Rotation rides

Present various types of revolving play equipment to experience various revolutions

provide criteria for users to turn around or turn around

Rocking rides • Provide standards for ground and wheelchair use as equipments for children who cannot sit in net hammers, and cantilever swings due to poor body control or lack of balance
Climbing rides • Access to safety equipment such as nets, tunnels and tube mounts that can be lifted or climbed and safety standards
Water play • Provide criteria for waterways, fountains, push- pull pumps, and water saving that provide devices or small tools to play with friends based on water
Drinking fountain • Present criteria in reasonable places, such as next to major copper lines, rest areas, sand play, etc., so that anyone, including children with difficulty in controlling body temperature, can hydration and wash their hands as needed
Signage

Present contents that communicate effective information about the use of the facilities, such as movement within the play area and the distinction of equipments

Provide guidance boards, touch guide boards, sound utilization tactile utilization and olfactory application criteria

Ground surfaces

Present a way to guide the way using a consistent material so that the child can point in the direction of the space

Provide surface treatment, materials, and color standards

Materials and colors

Present colors that apply to directions and safety

Provide other colors, such as handles, between the major rides, rides and access roads.

Plants

Provide sensory interactions and exploration opportunities using appropriate landscape features that provide unique textures, smells, and colors to each area, providing guidance to children around the play space

Present introduced species and avoided species and planting methods