eprintid: 4709
rev_number: 7
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datestamp: 2024-08-19 11:46:01
lastmod: 2024-08-19 11:46:01
status_changed: 2024-08-19 11:46:01
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Ebel, Tabea
creators_id: S5707331
creators_email: t.m.ebel@student.rug.nl
title: Child-friendly city for all? From bookshelf to reality: a comparative study about the results of guidelines for child participation
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: Child participation (CP) is part of children's right to the city, a right to be implemented by all UN member states. CP is a
challenge to implement. Different theories on how to create meaningful CP have led to similar
interpretations with different checklists.
Member cities of UNICEF's child friendly cities initiative (CFCI) have committed to creating child friendly cities (CFC’s) with children. This study analyses
whether the criteria for meaningful CP and, more broadly, for fostering a participatory culture (PC) are being realised. This
study’s checklist is based on two popular concepts of CP, Hart’s ladder of CP and the Lundy model,
and applied to the cases.
The case study areas include a non-European, Central European, Western European, Schengen,
American and Asian perspective of outstanding city identities to highlight differences between
approaches based on international and national guidelines.
This case study highlights lack of available information, trends in communication and measures as
well as a gap between identity and ambitions of cities and their efforts to realize those. It concludes
the ongoing efforts do not create PC and recommends cooperation, revising checklists and
evaluation tools and research regarding the abilities of children in response.
date: 2024
pages: 30
thesis_type: pre_master
degree_programme: SP
tutors_name: Ataol, O.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Spatial Planning & Design
tutors_email: o.ataol@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Child friendly cities
keywords_local: International case study analysis
keywords_local: Participatory culture
keywords_local: Meaningful child participation
keywords_local: Child friendly cities and communities initiative
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2024-08-19
comment: no
citation:   Ebel, Tabea  (2024) Child-friendly city for all? From bookshelf to reality: a comparative study about the results of guidelines for child participation.  Pre-master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4709/1/Pre-Master-Thesis-S5707331.pdf