Growing Up in an Urbanizing World

by Louise Chawla (Editor)

Overview

Half the world's children live in cities and the proportion is growing. Their environment critically determines their futures and the world they will make as adults. This text, by an interdisciplinary team of international child-environment authorities, explores how crucial the relationship of the young and their surroundings is. Covering eight countries, it shows the enormous benefits - for them, for the wider society and for the future - of involving children, especially from underprivileged communities, in planning and implementing urban improvements. It continues and updates Kevin Leech's pioneering 1970s MIT project, Growing Up in Cities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134901203
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Louise Chawla

Table of Contents

Foreword by Pierre Sane * Introductory Note * Introduction: Cities for Human Development * Argentina: Our Neighbourhood is Like That! * United Kingdom: Contested Worlds * Australia: Australian Youth * South Africa: Children in an South African Squatter Camp Gain and Lose a Voice * India: Tales from Truth Town * Norway: Large but Not Unlimited Freedom in a Nordic City * United States: Between Fences * Poland: Adapting During a Time of Great Change * Conclusion: Toward Better Cities for Youth * Appendix: Research Guidelines * Authors * Index

Editorial Reviews

This volume represents the results of an interdisciplinary comparative research project on how young people in impoverished communities around the world assess their urban environment. The ten chapters, written by child development and urban planning practitioners, describe the conditions experienced by children in places such as a South African squatter camp and a working class neighborhood in a Norwegian city. Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'An excellent resource for policy makers and practitioners alike.' International Development Planning Review

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