Children and their urban environment : changing worlds / / laire Freeman and Paul Tranter

• Autore: Freeman Claire
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Earthscan, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.1/16083
• Soggetto topico: Cities and towns - United States; Urbanization - United States; Sociology, Urban - United States; City and town life - United States; Urban policy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic conditions
• Altri autori: TranterPaul J
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Changing Environments, Changing Lives -- pt. II. Activity Spaces -- pt. III. Making a Difference: Creating Positive Environments for Children.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Children and their urban environment
• ISBN: 1-136-53970-0; 1-283-64259-X; 1-84977-535-4; 1-136-53971-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785734203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II