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Social inclusion has been the subject of recent initiatives in the United Kingdom and Canada driven by continuing issues of social exclusion of minority ethnic groups, low-income families, people with disabilities, children, youth and elders from mainstream contemporary society. Particularly in the Canadian view, the physical environment and public domain of cities and urban neighbourhoods, including parks, are viewed as critical areas of modern life and, therefore, spaces for social inclusion. As Drache (2001: SJ?) states,