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Child’s play? Involving young people in urban planning and environmental management
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How can young people be involved in creating more livable cities? Can the noble participation principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Agenda 21 of the Earth Summit, and Habitat II be realised? What is being done to help young people, especially children in difficult circumstances, to get their voices heard by policy-makers?DocumentBetter urban planning? Spotlight on Bangkok
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How can integrative analysis (IA) of city systems improve understanding of the links between environmental and social problems? Can this analysis inform future decision- making? Collaborative research by the Australian National University and Mahidol University, Thailand, uses IA to analyse environmental problems, land use, and behaviour patterns in Bangkok.DocumentDemand responsive urban planning: neighbourhood participation in infrastructure improvement
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Can the twin developmental goals of administrative decentralisation and improving services for the urban poor be meshed? How can urban authorities and local politicians learn to listen to service users, particularly women? What services should be run by municipalities and what could be managed by neighbourhood or private management?DocumentFighting disaster: reducing risk in cities
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How can links between disaster mitigation and urban planning be strengthened? Can urban livelihood strategies reduce poor city dwellers’ vulnerability to disaster? Scant attention is currently paid by relief organisations to urban planning and disaster mitigation, according to a recent Care International report.Pages