Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments - New Urbanisms, New Citizens

Informationen zum Autor Pia Christensen is Professor of Anthropology and Childhood Studies, University of Leeds, UK. Sophie Hadfield-Hill is Lecturer of Human Geography, University of Birmingham, UK. John Horton is Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Northampton, UK. Peter Kraftl is Professor of Human Geography, University of Birmingham, UK. Zusammenfassung Focusing on the global shift in urban planning towards sustainable urbanism, Children Living in Sustainable Built Environments offers a critical analysis of the challenges, tensions and opportunities for children and young people living in these environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: New Urbanisms, New Citizens Chapter 1: Towards the interdisciplinary study of children and sustainable urbanism Chapter 2: Sustainable urbanisms in policy and practice Chapter 3: Living with sustainable urban technologies Chapter 4: Sustainable mobilities Chapter 5: Constituting Communities: welcoming, belonging, excluding Chapter 6: Vital Politics: children and young people’s participation in public space and local decision-making Chapter 7: Making space for vitality in sustainable urbanisms: childhood and play Chapter 8: Conclusion: towards a theory of children and sustainable urban vitalities

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• Authors: Pia Christensen, Pia (The Research Unit for General Pr Christensen, Pia Hadfield-Hill Christensen, Pia Kraftl Christensen, Christensen Pia, Sophie Hadfield-Hill, Hadfield-Hill Sophie, John Horton, Peter Kraftl, Kraftl Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138809390
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80939-0
• No. of pages: 230
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; EDUCATION / General, Education, Age groups: children, Urban communities, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness