Image 3. Play streets and courts

independent play, supporting Kyttä (2004)’s assertion that in the global south while active mobility is high, spontaneous play is greatly restricted by independent licence as well as the lack of affordance rich urban spaces. Despite these conditions, as Lester and Russell (2010, p.11) comment “children’s play can appear anywhere and everywhere, involving the use of everyday spaces and the unremarkable and mundane materials [available] (…) play both takes and makes place”. This is seen in image x, as the street and corner store show traces of play and appear to be children’s gathering spaces (Appendix 6).

Image 3. Play streets and courts. By author based on photo 2019 (Google Street View, 2020)