Christensen, Pia
(2017).
New urbanisms, new citizens: Children and young people's everyday life and participation in sustainable communities.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
Economic and Social Research Council.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-850995
Data description (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.
| Data creators: |
| Creator Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Christensen Pia |
University of Warwick |
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| Contributors: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Horton John |
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| Kraftl Peter |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
RES-062-23-1549
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| Topic classification: |
Social welfare policy and systems
Society and culture
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| Keywords: |
participation, young people, children, sustainable, communities
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| Project title: |
New Urbanisms, New Citizens: Children and Young People's Everyday Life and Participation in Sustainable Communities
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| Grant holders: |
Pia Christensen, John Horton, Peter Kraftl
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| Project dates: |
| From | To |
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| 1 May 2009 | 30 April 2013 |
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| Date published: |
22 Jul 2013 17:22
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| Last modified: |
13 Jul 2017 08:06
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 1 May 2009 | 30 April 2013 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
Ethnographic participant observation
Individual interviews and peer-group interviews
Mobile phone rolling survey
Mapping techniques
Guided tours
GPS tracking data |
| Observation unit: |
Individual |
| Kind of data: |
Numeric |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
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.
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| Rights owners: |
| Name |
Affiliation |
ORCID (as URL) |
| Christensen Pia |
University of Warwick |
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| Contact: |
| Name | Email | Affiliation | ORCID (as URL) |
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| Christensen, Pia | p.christensen@leeds.ac.uk | University of Warwick | Unspecified |
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available for download to users registered with the UK Data Service.
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| Publisher: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Last modified: |
13 Jul 2017 08:06
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