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Barns perspektiv - En studie om barns perspektiv och planering i Lunds kommun

Darvelid, Klara LU (2023) SGEL36 20222
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The perspective from children is often overlooked in urban planning. This is partly because children are hard to reach in the often used citizen council. Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child has become Swedish law the interest of children is more important than ever before. Therefore, this study examines how the thoughts from children can be collected in better ways. The study uses interviews with children as a method to grasp their views. Documentation with guidelines of urban planning and interviews with city planners have been executed to get another point of view on how to involve children. Theories and the material from the interviews are discussed to conclude how to more easily reach the thoughts of children when doing... (More)
The perspective from children is often overlooked in urban planning. This is partly because children are hard to reach in the often used citizen council. Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child has become Swedish law the interest of children is more important than ever before. Therefore, this study examines how the thoughts from children can be collected in better ways. The study uses interviews with children as a method to grasp their views. Documentation with guidelines of urban planning and interviews with city planners have been executed to get another point of view on how to involve children. Theories and the material from the interviews are discussed to conclude how to more easily reach the thoughts of children when doing urban planning. Interviews with children and really taking the time to let children explain themselves are crucial. The limitation of the report is a Swedish context, more closely the municipality of Lund. (Less)
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author
Darvelid, Klara LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEL36 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the right to the city, children's perspective, Lund municipality, urban planning
language
Swedish
id
9106641
date added to LUP
2023-04-11 10:20:20
date last changed
2023-04-11 10:20:20
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  abstract     = {{The perspective from children is often overlooked in urban planning. This is partly because children are hard to reach in the often used citizen council. Since the Convention on the Rights of the Child has become Swedish law the interest of children is more important than ever before. Therefore, this study examines how the thoughts from children can be collected in better ways. The study uses interviews with children as a method to grasp their views. Documentation with guidelines of urban planning and interviews with city planners have been executed to get another point of view on how to involve children. Theories and the material from the interviews are discussed to conclude how to more easily reach the thoughts of children when doing urban planning. Interviews with children and really taking the time to let children explain themselves are crucial. The limitation of the report is a Swedish context, more closely the municipality of Lund.}},
  author       = {{Darvelid, Klara}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Barns perspektiv - En studie om barns perspektiv och planering i Lunds kommun}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}