Christensen, Pia H., Horton, John and Kraftl, Peter (2013) New urbanisms, new citizens : children and young people's everyday life and participation in sustainable communities. [Dataset]

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Abstract

The UK Government's 2003 Sustainable Communities Plan inaugurated a major programme of investment in urban development creating 260,000 new dwellings in a wave of sustainable urban expansion. This research project explores the experiences; issues and needs of children aged 11-16 living in the Milton Keynes South Midlands (MKSM) Growth Area. It will study children's sense of belonging to their community and implications for their 'citizenship'. There is significant evidence that young people are seldom meaningfully involved in urban planning and policy making. An aim of the project is to investigate opportunities and barriers for children and young people's participation during rapid urban change. The research explores the knowledge transfer methods that best ensure children can participate in such planning and design. The mobility patterns of children participating in the project will be explored through a range of innovative technologies including GPS navigation systems, text messages to specially provided mobile phones about their daily activities, and web-based electronic forums where they can meet and debate issues online. These methods are combined with interviews and participant observation of children's everyday activities. The research brings together researchers from the University of Warwick, the University of Leicester and the University of Northampton.

Item Type:	Dataset
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Type of Data:	Qualitative and mixed methods data
Publisher:	Economic and Social Research Council
Official Date:	22 July 2013
Dates:	Date Event 22 July 2013 Published 13 July 2017 Updated
Collection date:	Date from Date to 1 May 2009 30 April 2013
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Closed Access
Copyright Holders:	University of Warwick
Description:	Data record consists of a data file in .xlsx format and a document recording a sample of fieldnotes. The child and adult informants for this project have not given their consent to any re-use or data-archiving of their data. The data contains personal, sensitive and confidential material. The project team has anonymised field note data and mobile phone data. Interview and GPS data that has coordinates for home address of informants has not been anonymised.
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID RES-062-23-1549 [ESRC] Economic and Social Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
Contributors:	Contribution Name Contributor ID Contact Person Christensen, Pia H. 14781

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