Following the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the case for children's involvement in decision-making processes has been championed by pressure groups and voluntary organisations. Planning with children for better communities argues that there is now a need to transfer these ideas and experiences to mainstream services of local authorities, regeneration agencies and other organisations.In addition to clarifying why the issue of children's participation should be prioritised, the authors use examples and case studies from a variety of professions and disciplines in order to...
Following the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the case for children's involvement in decision-making processes has been championed by...
The volume provides an overview of recent research (within geography and allied disciplines) around the overarching concept of safe and accessible places of encounter . It develops according to three interrelated themes. The first part of the volume examines several of the many spaces children use and that are relevant to the geographies of children and young people including: the city centre and inner city high rise housing, urban versus suburban and rural spaces, local neighbourhoods, the home (for particular groups of children and young people such as child domestic workers in...
The volume provides an overview of recent research (within geography and allied disciplines) around the overarching concept of safe and accessible ...
That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature? Specifically, what type of nature is not only necessary but realistically available in the complex and rapidly changing worlds that children currently live in?
This book examines child-nature definitions through two related concepts: the need for connecting to nature and the processes by which opportunities for such contact can be enhanced. This book analyses the available nature from a scientific perspective of habitats, species and environments, together with the role of...
That children need nature for health and well-being is widely accepted, but what type of nature? Specifically, what type of nature is not only nece...
