Implications of Adolescents' Perceptions and Values for Planning and Design

Passon, Camille; Leví, Daniel; Rio, Vicente del

doi:10.1177/0739456x08319236

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“…Much of the literature argues that children prefer places that are natural, diverse, accessible and social (Jacobs & Jacobs, 1980;Vliet, 1980;Moore, 1987;Owens, 1988;Andel, 1990;Sebba, 1991;Talen & Coffindaffer, 1999;Loukaitou-Sideris, 2003;Passon et al, 2008).…”

Section: Places In Childhood and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Children's Places: Rural–Urban Comparisons Using Participatory Photography in the Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

Sancar¹,

Severcan²

2010

Journal of Urban Design

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Urban place-making requires an understanding of experiences and meanings ordinary people associate with common environments-meanings that often go back to their childhoods. This paper investigates how children's place preferences and the attributes of these places differ along a rural-urban continuum. Participatory photography was used with four groups of children (ages 9-11) living in three different municipalities of the Bodrum peninsula, Turkey-a region that has experienced major transformation over the past three decades due to tourism. The research reported here was part of planning and urban design studios during the summers of 2005 -2007, and the results were integrated with the projects and presented to the public. The particular municipalities where the children resided vary in tourism-based urbanization and the associated socioeconomic and environmental characteristics. In all cases, the children valued experiencing nature, being in contact with people and having diversity and freedom in their environments. Although all four of these factors are essential for producing healthy, loved and sustainable communities, it was also observed that as traditional landscapes are replaced by spaces of tourism and consumption, the specific attributes of children's preferred places change, as does the diversity of place types and experiences, and children have less freedom to explore independently. These changes have implications for people's attachment to places and ought to be considered by planners and urban designers as well as public officials who are responsible for guiding redevelopment in areas undergoing rapid change.

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Section: Places In Childhood and Place Attachmentmentioning

confidence: 98%

Children's Places: Rural–Urban Comparisons Using Participatory Photography in the Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

Sancar¹,

Severcan²

2010

Journal of Urban Design

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“…Articles were collected from several online databases and screened in two iterations. Several studies reported inclusion of children that was rather limited and mostly for symbolic purposes, as in [4] [9] [28] [33]. Most of the analysed projects are covering only the lower levels of the ladder of participation proposed by Hart.…”

Section: Participation Of Young Peoplementioning

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DELTA: Promoting Young People Participation in Urban Planning

Reiersølmoen

Gianni

Divitini

2017

Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies

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Today urban areas are growing fast, in this process it remains a challenge to include the opinions of the public. This holds especially true for young people. From the 1960's, the rights of the children started to be recognized through the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Article 12 of the convention states that children should have the opportunity to express their views in matters that affect them, like urban planning. Our work started analyzing the literature and providing an overview of participatory methods used to include children in land-use projects. We then reviewed existing mobile apps targeting participation in public life. Based on the findings from the literature a list of high level requirements was created to guide the design and implementation of the mobile app DELTA. The DELTA app support situated participation encouraging users to explore the urban environment, promoting awareness and critical thinking. Several user evaluations are performed during the development cycles, including expert evaluations, usability and field tests of the final prototype. Based on collected data and lessons learned, results are discussed in relation to participation and learning outcomes for children.

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“…As key users of public space (Borja and Muxi, 2003), they have their own views and values. Moreover, their implication proves to be beneficial for themselves and for their community (Lynch, 1977;Chawla, 2002a, b;Passon et al, 2008). International declarations, such as Agenda 21 (UN, 1992, Chapter 25) and the Habitat Agenda (UN, 1996, para.…”

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confidence: 97%

Participation as a pedagogy of complexity: Lessons from two design projects with children

Torres

2011

Urban Des Int

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As a pedagogical strategy in urban design and planning education, participatory projects prepare university students to deal with complex situations. However, little has been said about how these projects can foster reflexivity and awareness of complexity among participants. Drawing on the qualitative analysis of the material produced throughout two participatory projects with children, this article shows changes concerning students' representations of the design problem, the designer's role and the design process. The analysis suggests that the students replace their initial instrumental, deterministic approach with the acknowledgement of children's intentionality, thus instilling an ethical engagement and a vision of design as a multidimensional reflexive process. Through these adaptations, students prepare for the complexity of professional practice. By documenting these experiences, the article highlights the value of participatory projects as a pedagogical strategy in urban design and planning.

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Implications of Adolescents' Perceptions and Values for Planning and Design

Cited by 38 publications

References 9 publications

Children's Places: Rural–Urban Comparisons Using Participatory Photography in the Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

Children's Places: Rural–Urban Comparisons Using Participatory Photography in the Bodrum Peninsula, Turkey

DELTA: Promoting Young People Participation in Urban Planning

Participation as a pedagogy of complexity: Lessons from two design projects with children

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