Children and their Urban Environment : Changing Worlds
Claire. Freeman
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (289 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Children and Their Urban Environment; Copyright; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I: Changing Environments,Changing Lives; 1. Children's Life Worlds: Adapting to Physical and Social Change; 2. Same World - Different World; Part II: Activity Spaces; 3. Home; 4. School; 5. Neighbourhood; 6. City Centre; 7. Service Space; 8. Cultural Space; 9. Natural Space; Part III: Making a Difference:Creating Positive Environmentsfor Children; 10. Accessing Space: Mobility; 11. Design. - 12. Professionals and Children: Working Together13. Conclusion: Children's Play and Resilient Cities; Index. - In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked. Children and their Urban Environment examines these impacts in detail, looking at the key activities, spaces and experiences children have and how these can be managed to ensure that children benefit from change. The authors highlight the importance of planners, architects and housing professionals in creating positive environments for children and involving them in the planning process. They argue that children?s lives are becoming simultaneously both richer and more deprived, an
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| Dewey | 307.1/16083 . - 307.76
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| ISBN | 9781844078530
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