New Urbanisms, New Citizens: Children and Young People's Everyday Life and Participation in Sustainable Communities
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Warwick
Department Name: Institute of Education
Abstract
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Publications
Hadfield-Hill,S
'I'm big, you're small.I'm right,you're wrong': the P/politics of 'being young' in new Sustainable Communities
in Social and Cultural Geography
Horton J
(2013)
'Walking just walking': how children and young people's everyday pedestrian practices matter
in Social & Cultural Geography
Jarvis C
(2017)
(Re)Connecting spatial literacy with children's geographies: GPS, Google Earth and children's everyday lives
in Geoforum
John Horton (Author)
(2013)
Anticipating service withdrawal
Kraftl P
(2013)
Beyond 'voice', beyond 'agency', beyond 'politics'? Hybrid childhoods and some critical reflections on children's emotional geographies
in Emotion, Space and Society
Horton, J.
(2014)
Children and Young People in changing Urban Spaces
in Conference, University of Northampton 3-4 September 2014
Christensen Pia
(2017)
Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments: New Urbanisms, New Citizens
Horton J
(2019)
Children Living with 'Sustainable' Urban Architectures
in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Peter Kraftl (Author)
(2013)
Children's everyday lives in new 'sustainable' communities
Hadfield-Hill S
(2013)
Children's experiences of participating in research: emotional moments together ?
in Children's Geographies
Description | Acknowledgment in the Farrell Review |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Impact | Citation in the acknowledgments of the Farrell Review - and (unattributed) reference to the evidence/suggestions put forward by the team in response to the Review. |
Description | Evidence base for 3 applications for capital funding |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | The New Urbanisms, New Citizens project team have been asked to prepare findings reports for three community organisations preparing bids for capital projects to develop play provision for children and young people in case study communities. These findings reports have formed the evidence base for applications for funding from BiffaWard (£49,000), Kettering Borough Council (£7,000) and Northampton Borough Council (£6,700). These bids for funding are currently awaiting decisions. Letters of support from community organisations indicate the significant extent to which the new Urbanisms, New Citizens project has impacted upon local communities by providing a powerful evidence base for such applications. |
Description | North Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit core strategy |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | Data from the project informed the evidence base for NNJPU's Core Strategy. The project enabled partnership working with and consultation of local communities, including young people. |
Description | North Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit core strategy plan (JCS) |
Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Impact | North Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit core Strategy Plan (JCS) para 4.4 and Policy 8 2011 -2031 New Adoption 2016. The impact of NUNC has in particularly been to provide a base for the 'strong urban design/plan shaping focus of the JCS. (Simon James, Principal Planner North Northamptonshire in email 19.1.2017) |
Description | ESRC IAA Garden Villages of Tomorrow: Translating Research Findings into Practice' |
Amount | £4,900 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Birmingham |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2017 |
End | 03/2018 |
Description | Sustainable Science vignette |
Amount | £3,100 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Science Learning Centre East Midlands |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2013 |
End | 04/2013 |
Description | Sustainable Science vignette |
Amount | £3,100 (GBP) |
Organisation | Government of the UK |
Department | Science Learning Centre East Midlands |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2013 |
End | 12/2013 |
Description | Sustainable Science vignette |
Amount | £3,100 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Leicester |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2013 |
End | 04/2013 |
Title | Methodological Impact |
Description | The NUNC project used a series of qualitative and mobile mapping tools to explore children's experiences of everyday live in new urban communities in the UK. The 'My Week' tool was originally developed from the ESRC project 'Changing Times: Children's Understanding and Perception of the Social Organisation of Time', University of Hull. This methodology was first published by Christensen and James (2008). The combination of ethnography, GPS, mobile technology and guided tours was first developed in a project funded by the Danish Research Council on 'Children, Mobility and Urban Space: a project about the influence of the environment on children's physical activity' and published by Christensen et al. (2011) and Mikkelsen and Christensen (2009). |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2009 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | In subsequent research, informed by NUNC was designed by Dr Sophie Hadfield Hill for her innovative 'Map my Community' app to capture data on young people and their families' mobilities, their access to services and everyday experience of their local environment (the app has three features 'Map my week / Capture that / Explore that space). The app was developed as part of the New Urbanisms in India project (funded by the ESRC) and has since been used by a national NGO in India in their participatory planning with children. The app is currently being used in informal settlements across Delhi to campaign for change. |
Description | Visiting Scholarship: Children and Intergenerational Space in the Restorative City |
Organisation | University of Sassari |
Country | Italy |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Visiting Scholarship in October 2015 I was pleased to accept an invitation to visit the University of Sassari in Italy. The visit entailed a programme of academic and public discussions, exchanges and activities concerning the principles of restorative practices and the restorative city. The main focus of these discussions, and my particular expertise and contribution to them, was to explore intergenerational and spatial aspects of restorative practices, including the experience and use of space, and the importance of place to community identity and well-being. The underlying notion was that space could play an important part in shaping people's responses and attitudes to restorative practices. I gave a number of lectures to graduate and doctoral students and staff; exchanges with researchers in Psychology and Law; meetings in the prison and Town Hall of Tempio Pausania and Rebibbia Prison (Roma). A large number of more informal discussions also took place. The latter part of my visit was dedicated to develop and write a research proposal with Prof. Patrizii and team that has been submitted to the Fondazione Banco. This proposal, entitled "Restorative practices, Use of public space and Well-being of Community", will address how children and young people participate in the development of their communities and how their perspectives can inform the creation of a restorative city for all. The proposed interdisciplinary and mixed method project will investigate young people's use of public spaces; intra- and intergenerational relationships and perceptions of space; and the construction of successful ways of living together within shared spaces. Mounting simultaneous research in Leeds and Sardinia is an on-going aim of continuing work together. I am currently engaged in discussions with Leeds City Council about how this could be accomplished. Together with my Sardinian colleagues I will explore further European possibilities. It was an intellectually stimulating and highly productive visit. |
Collaborator Contribution | Extended an invitation as Visiting Professor to Professor Pia Christensen to visit the University of Sassari in October 2015. Organisation of programme of academic and public discussions, including research and policy activities re. principles of restorative practices and the restorative city. I gave a number of lectures to graduate and doctoral students and staff; exchanges with researchers in Psychology and Law; meetings in the prison and Town Hall of Tempio Pausania and Rebibbia Prison (Roma). A large number of more informal discussions also took place. The latter part of my visit was dedicated to develop and write a research proposal with Prof. Patrizii and team that has been submitted to the Fondazione Banco. This proposal, entitled "Restorative practices, Use of public space and Well-being of Community", will address how children and young people participate in the development of their communities and how their perspectives can inform the creation of a restorative city for all. The proposed interdisciplinary and mixed method project will investigate young people's use of public spaces; intra- and intergenerational relationships and perceptions of space; and the construction of successful ways of living together within shared spaces. Mounting simultaneous research in Leeds and Sardinia is an on-going aim of continuing work together. Together with my Sardinian colleagues I will explore further European possibilities. |
Impact | "Restorative practices, Use of public space and children and young people's and community well-being", Research Proposal for research to be carried out in Tempio Paussania, Sardinia. Submitted November 2015. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Youth, Vitality and Community Conference 2nd April 2014 University of Leeds |
Organisation | Abbeydale Building Environment Consultants |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | in collaboration and co-organisation with Abbeydale Consultants LBC with contribution from Jo Sayers, Merseyside Forest team. |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | 'New urbanisms, new citizens' workshop : designing, building and living in new communities : the perspectives of children and young people |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | One-day workshop presenting key project findings to a range of policy-makers and practitioners in the UK, including planners, architects, professionals working with young people. Attended by over 25 delegates. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | 'Unfolding the Pushchair: young children's interdependent mobilities' at Conference 'Young people and New Urban Agenda - Habitat III', University of Brimingham |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Paper presented 'Unfolding the Pushchair: young children's interdependent mobilities' at Conference 'Young people and New Urban Agenda - Habitat III', University of Brimingham |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | 'Unfolding the Pushchair: young children's mobility' RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 30th August - 2nd September 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation to the session 'Geographies of young children'. The paper presented was titled: 'Unfolding the Pushchair: young children's mobility' RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 30th August - 2nd September 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Briefing meeting at Department for Communities and Local Government |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited to present key findings from New Urbanisms, New Citizens project, and discuss policy implications, with representative of DCLG Housing Supply and Markets Division. Department for Communities and Local Government / Housing Supply and Markets Division |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
Description | CFP RGS-IBG2016:Apps, mobiles and technologies: innovative methodologies in research with children, young people and families |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Dr Sophie Hadfield-Hill is session convenor at Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference in London 31st August to 2nd September 2016 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | CPD session jointly organised with the Royal Geographical Society |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Date: Wednesday 1st March Location: GEES, University of Birmingham (joint organising with the Royal Geographical Society) Event: This CPD session addressed the core theme of Changing place; changing places within the recent A-Level specifications, with a focus on sustainable urban development in both the UK and India. Cities and urban areas around the world are under immense pressure to adapt to environmental, social, economic, political and cultural threats. It is important that students understand and reflect on the opportunities and challenges which living in an increasingly urban world presents to people and place. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Children and Sustainability |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Project team convened international one-day conference at University of Northampton. The conference followed directly from the New Urbanisms, New Citizens project, exploring the notion of sustainability in relation to urban planning and the social lives of children in urban spaces. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Children and Young People as key Stakeholders in India's urban Agenda |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited Presentation/seminar by Drs Sophie Hadfield-Hill and John Horton Urban Dialogue Seminar, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, september 18th 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Children and young people's everyday pedestrian practices in newly-built urban spaces in England. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | University of Birmingham, 14-15th Sept 2016.Paper presented at 'Young people and the 'New Urban Agenda': addressing key themes of Habitat III' conference, Horton, J., Christensen, P., Hadfield-Hill, S. and Kraftl, P. (2016) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Children's Mobility and Space |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited Speaker as part of TRUST - Uppsala Transdisciplinary Seminar in Sustainable Developement |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Children's Mobility in New Sustainable Communities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited key Note Lecture to Vilnius, Lithuania |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Cities Alive Everything to play for - workshop Arup London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | Contributing to the design of more Child-friendly cities around the world through the next book in Arup Cities Alive series, avaiable from Arup.com July 2017 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Conference Young People and the 'New Urban Agenda' adressing key themes of Habitat III |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Conference Young People and the 'New Urban Agenda' adressing key themes of Habitat III organised by members of the NUNC and NUI teams. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Creating communities that work |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | School-based workshop for 38 'gifted and talented' students. Learning and discussion activities based on findings from New Urbanisms, New Citizens project. Production of transferable resource and activity pack for use with secondary school pupils. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Ethnography with Children: Conversations, Movement and Imaginative leaps |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited Keynote at Values of Childhood and Childhood Studies IV Conference on Childhood Studies 7-9 May University of Oulo, Finland (International) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Large-scale housing in the UK : learning the lessons of the (recent) past |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Blog entry on large-scale housing in the UK - learning the lessons from New Labour's Sustainable Communities agenda Section not completed |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Launch workshop: New Urbanisms, New Citizens's |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | NUNC Project team organised launch event, with networking activities and presentations by project team, Policy Advisor to Sustainable Development Commission, and cognate researchers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
Description | Living on a Building Site: Young People's Experience of Emerging 'Sustainable Communities' in England |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited lecture to the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Germany, on 21st May 2014. Part of their prestigious 'Kidsp(l)aces lecture series, running in 2014 (details at http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/mgf/Geographie/wigeo/spaces). Slides to be uploaded once presentation has taken place. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Living on a building site |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited departmental seminar, on children's experiences of living on a building site |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Living on a building site': young people's everyday lives in sustainable communities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Presentation of project findings, focusing upon children and young poeple's experiences of playing in unfinished and 'half-built' spaces in new urban communities in the UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity |
Description | New Challenges in Ethnographic Research with Children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited Keynote To the interdisciplinary Conference and workshop 'Children in Time and Space' at University of Uppsala |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | New Urbanisms, New Citizens: experiments with methods and mobilities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Invited seminar presentation plus networking activities with 'Dwelling with the City' research group and workshop with doctoral students at University of Helsinki. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity |
Description | New Urbanisms, New Citizens: workshop 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Community workshop jointly run and managed by a group of young people and the researchers of the NUNC project. Participants included: children and young people aged 9-15 who live in the community and representatives of organisations working and living in the local area such as the Residents' Association, Local Police, Parish, Borough and County Councillors, Homes and Communities Agency, the Church and Scouts. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | New Urbanisms, New Citizens: workshop 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Community workshop planned and run by a group of young people from the local community in collaboration with researchers of the NUNC project. Workshop participants included children and young people aged (9-15) who live in the community, and representatives of local organisations. Representatives included: Villagers' Association, Local Police, County and Borough Councillors, Housing Association, youth group, Girl Guiding UK and The Scout Association. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | New Urbanisms, New Citizens: workshop 3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Commnity workshop planned and run by a group of young people from the local community in collaboration with researchers of the NUNC project. Workshop participants included children and young people aged (10-17) who live in the community, and representatives of local organisations. Representatives included: Residents Association, Local Police, youth group workers and the Borough Council.u |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013 |
Description | New Urbanisms, New Citizens: workshop 4 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Community workshop planned and run by a group of young people from the local community in collaboration with researchers of the NUNC project. Workshop participants included children and young people aged (10-14) who live in the community, and representatives of local organisations. Representatives included: Residents Association, Local Police, youth group workers and the Borough Council. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Spaces designed for / by young people: study visit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Study visit for Social Sciences Masters students at The University of Northampton. Guided walk draws on empirical material from New Urbanisms, New Citizens project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Spaces designed with/for/by children, young people and families |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Two conference sessions convened in Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) Annual Conference. Sessions sponsored by Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Sustainable communities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Lecture for first year Human Geography undergraduates at The University of Northampton, in Learning for Sustainable Development module. Lecture draws on empirical material from New Urbanisms, New Citizens project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Sustainable development: policy and community |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Lecture to second year Sociology students in module Globalization and Development in the 21st Century at The University of Northampton. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | The Everyday life of Children and young people: Challenging the perspective of 'Youth as a problem' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited session paper, Youth Studies Conference: New Agendas on Youth and Young Adulthood 2013 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | The politics of 'being young' in new sustainable communities (Portuguese translation) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote lecture at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Vitality, Youth and Community |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Pia Christensen (PI) convened international one-day conference at University of Leeds. The conference focuses on the notion of vitality in relation to urban planning and the social lives of young people in urban spaces. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Welcoming and being welcomed |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Invited Speaker at 'You'r welcome: Young People and Community Involvement in Our Society' Seminar |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Working with children and young people: experiences, reflections and considerations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Lecture for Social Sciences Masters students at The University of Northampton, in Working with Children module. Lecture draws on ethical case study materials from New Urbanisms, New Citizens project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Young People's Experiences of Living in New, Sustainable Communities in the UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Primary Audience | |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation. Presentation of project findings, focusing upon children's everyday experiences of living in new urban spaces. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity |
Description | Young people's experiences of living in new 'sustainable communities' : building new lives? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited departmental seminar - examining how sustainable communities plan social and biological lives, and children's experiences of/responses to that planning. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Young people, vitality and place-making in new communities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Presentation of project findings, focusing upon young people's agency in the production of vitality and conviviality in new communities. The paper argues that young peopel are crucial to the vitality of the public realm. Through their extensive outdoor activities (playing, walking, cycling, making and meeting friends) they are very active in building and maintaining communities in development - arguably much more so than many adult residents. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |