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Children and their urban environment : changing worlds / laire Freeman and Paul Tranter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Claire, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States.
- Cities and towns.
- Urbanization--United States.
- Urbanization.
- Sociology, Urban--United States.
- Sociology, Urban.
- City and town life--United States.
- City and town life.
- Urban policy--United States.
- Urban policy.
- United States--Economic conditions.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Washington, D.C. : Earthscan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. I. Changing Environments, Changing Lives
- pt. II. Activity Spaces
- pt. III. Making a Difference: Creating Positive Environments for Children.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-53970-0
- 1-283-64259-X
- 1-84977-535-4
- 1-136-53971-9
- 9781849775359
- OCLC:
- 812911657
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