Making children's participation in neighbourhood settings relevant to the everyday lives of young people
Local environments are socially and developmentally important domains in children's everyday experiences. Yet so often young people's views and experiences of neighbourhood settings are characterised by conflict with adults, alienation from community life, environmental hazards or neglect and limited opportunities. The ideas presented in this paper are based on the authors' work with children in neighbourhoods in the UK and Australia as part of the æGrowing Up in Cities project.