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Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology

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dc.contributor.author Mashiri, M
dc.contributor.author Dube, S
dc.contributor.author Buiten, D
dc.date.accessioned 2007-11-30T10:38:14Z
dc.date.available 2007-11-30T10:38:14Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.identifier.citation Mashiri, M, Dube, S and Buiten, D. 2007. Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology. Commonwealth Youth and Development, Vol. 5(2), pp 63-75 en
dc.identifier.issn 1727-7140
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1727
dc.description Copyright: 2007 Unisa Press en
dc.description.abstract Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibiting the development of social networks, and influencing their health and educational achievements. Yet children and young people receive remarkably little attention in transport policy and planning. Since children constitute over half the population of most developing countries, this is a surprising oversight. Much of our knowledge of children and transport is gleaned from observation and anecdotal evidence. There has been little systematic study of the issues. Children are not seriously considered stakeholders to be consulted in transport-planning activities and their needs are invisible in the decision-making processes of the transport sector. The need to address this oversight cannot be overemphasised. This article presents a pilot methodology and examines some methodological and ethical challenges emanating from a pilot study involving three countries: India, Ghana and South Africa. The approach is intended to ensure that the voices of children and young people as transport stakeholders emerge sufficiently to influence transport research, planning and policies aimed at enhancing their access to socio-economic opportunities. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Unisa Press en
dc.subject Children en
dc.subject Youth en
dc.subject Transport planning en
dc.subject Transport policy en
dc.subject Transport network design en
dc.title Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation Mashiri, M., Dube, S., & Buiten, D. (2007). Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1727 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Mashiri, M, S Dube, and D Buiten "Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology." (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1727 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Mashiri M, Dube S, Buiten D. Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1727. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Mashiri, M AU - Dube, S AU - Buiten, D AB - Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibiting the development of social networks, and influencing their health and educational achievements. Yet children and young people receive remarkably little attention in transport policy and planning. Since children constitute over half the population of most developing countries, this is a surprising oversight. Much of our knowledge of children and transport is gleaned from observation and anecdotal evidence. There has been little systematic study of the issues. Children are not seriously considered stakeholders to be consulted in transport-planning activities and their needs are invisible in the decision-making processes of the transport sector. The need to address this oversight cannot be overemphasised. This article presents a pilot methodology and examines some methodological and ethical challenges emanating from a pilot study involving three countries: India, Ghana and South Africa. The approach is intended to ensure that the voices of children and young people as transport stakeholders emerge sufficiently to influence transport research, planning and policies aimed at enhancing their access to socio-economic opportunities. DA - 2007 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Children KW - Youth KW - Transport planning KW - Transport policy KW - Transport network design LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2007 SM - 1727-7140 T1 - Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology TI - Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/1727 ER - en_ZA


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