Apologies for cross-postings
 
Members of this list maybe interested in the summary findings of the New Urbanisms, New Citizens research project. The ESRC-funded research (at the Universities of Leeds, Leicester and Northampton) examined the experiences, issues and needs of young people [aged 9‐16] living in new and rapidly‐expanding communities in the ‘Milton Keynes ‐ South Midlands’ [MKSM] Growth Area. The project focussed on four 'sustainable communities', working with 175 children through a range of ethnographic and GIS-based research techniques.
 
A list of published and forthcoming outputs, a 'key findings' overview, and detailed findings relating to particular kinds of new urban settlement, can be found on the project website: http://newcitizens.wordpress.com/publications/
 
Best wishes,
 
Peter
 
Dr Peter Kraftl
Reader in Human Geography

Director of Human Geography Research and Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching,
Department of Geography,
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH

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Editor, Children's Geographies Journal: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14733285.asp

Chair, Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (RGS-IBG): www.gcyf.org.uk
ESRC-funded research - "New Urbanisms, New Citizens: children and young people’s everyday life and participation in sustainable communities": http://newcitizens.wordpress.com/

****New book*** Geographies of Alternative Education: Diverse Learning Spaces for Children and Young People: http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781447300496

****New textbook**** Cultural Geographies: An Introduction: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780273719687

Dr Peter Kraftl
Reader in Human Geography

Director of Human Geography Research and Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching,
Department of Geography,
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH

E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
Direct telephone: 0116 252 5242
 
Homepage: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geography/people/pk123
Google Scholar Profile: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wBV4_XkAAAAJ&hl=en

Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/peterkraftl
Editor, Children's Geographies Journal: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14733285.asp

Chair, Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Research Group (RGS-IBG): www.gcyf.org.uk
ESRC-funded research - "New Urbanisms, New Citizens: children and young people’s everyday life and participation in sustainable communities": http://newcitizens.wordpress.com/

****New book*** Geographies of Alternative Education: Diverse Learning Spaces for Children and Young People: http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?k=9781447300496

****New textbook**** Cultural Geographies: An Introduction: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780273719687/