The unheard voices of youth in urban planning: using social capital as a theoretical lens in Sunshine Coast, Australia

Caroline Osborne; Claudia Baldwin; Dana C Thomsen; G Woolcock

doi:10.1080/14733285.2016.1249822

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The unheard voices of youth in urban planning: using social capital as a theoretical lens in Sunshine Coast, Australia

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The unheard voices of youth in urban planning: using social capital as a theoretical lens in Sunshine Coast, Australia

Caroline Osborne, Claudia Baldwin, Dana C Thomsen and G Woolcock

Children's Geographies, Vol.15(3), pp.349-361

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2016.1249822

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agency

participation

social capital

urban planning

youth

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

Despite the imperative that youth voices should contribute to shaping their future world, there is limited evidence of youth agency and participation which articulates their unique experience of community in urban planning decision-making. This study uses the lens of social capital to compare perspectives of community between young people aged 15-17 years and adults in a suburban community on the Sunshine Coast, South East Queensland, Australia. The results, derived from both quantitative and qualitative methods, illustrate the different experiences of community between youth and adults and suggest how urban planners and decision-makers can incorporate youth-friendly responses to address issues of power inequality between youth and adult residents and mechanisms to engage adult residents through collaborative governance approaches.

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Title: The unheard voices of youth in urban planning: using social capital as a theoretical lens in Sunshine Coast, Australia
Authors: Caroline Osborne (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Claudia Baldwin (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Dana C Thomsen (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
G Woolcock (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Children's Geographies, Vol.15(3), pp.349-361
Publisher: Routledge
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2016.1249822
ISSN: 1473-3285
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Community Engagement; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450425802621
Output Type: Journal article

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