The Growing Up in Cities project: Global perspectives on children and youth as catalysts for community change

Youth Participation and Community Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-200

  Chawla, Louise ^a   Driskell, David ^b  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Children's rights; Community development; Participation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906631386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v14n01_11     Document Type: Chapter

References (17)

1. Bannerjee, K., & Driskell, D. (2002). Tales from Truth Town. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanising world (pp. 135-160). London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/ UNESCO.
2. Bartlett, S., Hart, R., Satterthwaite, D., De la Barra, X., & Missair, A. (1999). Cities for children. London/New York: Earthscan Publications/UNICEF.
3. Chawla, L. (Ed.). (2002). Growing up in an urbanising world. London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/UNESCO.
4. Chawla, L., & Malone, K. (2003). Neighborhood quality in children's eyes. In P. Christensen & M. O'Brien (Eds.), Children in the city (pp. 118-141). London: Routledge-Falmer.
5. Clements, J. (2003). How crazy can it be? An assessment, three years later, of outcomes from a participatory project with children in Johannesburg. Oslo: Save the Children Sweden. Retrieved March 2, 2005 from http://www.colorado.edu/journals/ cye/14_1/workinprogress/
6. Cosco, N., & Moore, R. (2002). "Our neighborhood is like that!" Cultural richness and childhood identity in Boca-Barracas, Buenos Aires. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanising world (pp. 35-56). London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/ UNESCO.
7. Driskell, D. (2002). Creating better cities with children and youth. London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/UNESCO.
8. Driskell, D., Bannerjee, K., & Chawla, L. (2001). Rhetoric, reality and resilience: Overcoming obstacles to young people's participation in development. Environment and Urbanization, 13 (1), 77-89.
9. Hart, R. (1997). Children's participation: The theory and practice of involving young citizens in community development and environmental care. London/New York: Earthscan Publications/UNICEF.
10. Kruger, J., & Chawla, L. (2002). "We know something someone doesn't know... " Children speak out on local conditions in Johannesburg. Environment and Urbanization, 14(2): 85-96.
11. Lynch, K. (Ed.) (1977). Growing up in cities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
12. Malone, K., &Hasluck, L. (2002). Australian youth. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanizing world (pp. 81-109). London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/ UNESCO.
13. Percy-Smith, B. (2002). Contested worlds. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanising world (pp. 57-80). London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/UNESCO.
14. Salvadori, I. (2002). Between fences. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanizing world (pp. 183-200). London/Paris: Earthscan Publications/Paris.
15. Swart-Kruger, J. (2002). Children in a South African squatter camp gain and lose a voice. In L. Chawla (Ed.), Growing up in an urbanising world (pp. 111-133).
16. United Nations. (1989). Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved April 2, 2005 from www.unicef.org/crc/crc.htm
17. United Nations Centre for Human Settlements. (1996). The Habitat Agenda. Nairobi: UNCHS. Retrieved April 2, 2005 from www.unchs.org/unchs/english/hagenda/ index.htm