'Any place to raise children is a good place': children, housing and neighbourhoods in inner Newcastle, Australia

Title: 'Any place to raise children is a good place': children, housing and neighbourhoods in inner Newcastle, Australia
Creator: Mee, Kathleen J.
Relation: Children's Geographies Vol. 8, Issue 2, p. 193-211
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733281003691434
Publisher: Routledge
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2010
Description: Neighbourhoods are important spaces of interaction for children. This paper explores the perceptions of residents from seven suburbs in the inner area of Newcastle, Australia concerning what makes a good neighbourhood for children. Key factors identified by residents include the types of dwellings found in the neighbourhood (with detached houses being seen as preferable for children) and the quality of neighbourhood resources. Another important feature was social interactions within the neighbourhood, including interactions between children and adults and interactions between groups of children. The paper examines how different features of neighbourhoods interact to create adult perceptions about whether a neighbourhood is appropriate for children. The paper also points to the ways that children are seen to actively produce the neighbourhood in which they live.
Subject: neighbourhood; home; houses; apartments; tenure; intergenerational relations
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/930005
Identifier: uon:10735
Identifier: ISSN:1473-3277
Language: eng
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