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What Makes a Good City in Pre-schoolers' Eyes? Findings from Participatory Planning Projects in Australia and New Zealand

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  • Christina Ergler
  • Kylie Smith
  • Cassandra Kotsanas
  • Constance Hutchinson

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Pre-schooler's voices are absent in urban planning and design. With the possible exception of playgrounds, there is limited knowledge about their experiences in and expectations for urban environments. This paper discusses pre-schoolers' aspirations and desires for aesthetic and accessible green spaces as well as social and physical connectedness. Although this age range has so far been limited in its ability to inform policy and decision-makers, it is argued that pre-schoolers have the capacity and capability of making valuable contributions to design. In the eyes of pre-schoolers, creating a good city means to live in a safe place full of diverse destinations in which they can become streetwise and socialize as part of society.

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  • Christina Ergler & Kylie Smith & Cassandra Kotsanas & Constance Hutchinson, 2015. "What Makes a Good City in Pre-schoolers' Eyes? Findings from Participatory Planning Projects in Australia and New Zealand," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 461-478, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:20:y:2015:i:4:p:461-478
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2015.1045842
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    1. Christina R. Ergler & Claire Freeman & Tess Guiney, 2022. "Pre‐Schoolers’ Vision for Liveable Cities: Creating ‘Care‐Full’ Urban Environments," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 113(2), pages 131-150, April.
    2. Elise Desjardins & Zahra Tavakoli & Antonio Páez & Edward Owen Douglas Waygood, 2022. "Children’s Access to Non-School Destinations by Active or Independent Travel: A Scoping Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-18, September.
    3. Ergler, Christina R. & Freeman, Claire & Guiney, Tess, 2020. "Pre-schoolers' transport imaginaries: Moving towards sustainable futures?," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    4. Camilla Aparecida Silva Oliveira & Ramon Targino Firmino & Fernanda Ferreira & Andréa Maria Duarte Vargas & Efigênia Ferreira e Ferreira, 2022. "Development and Validation of the Quality of Life in the Neighborhood Questionnaire for Children 8 to 10 Years of Age (QoL-N-Kids 8–10)," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 15(5), pages 1847-1870, October.

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