Planning with Preschoolers: City Mapping as a Planning Tool

Claire Freeman, Christina Ergler and Tess Guiney

Planning Practice & Research, 2017, vol. 32, issue 3, 297-318

Abstract: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child requires that children ‘have the right to be heard in matters affecting them’ (Article 12). Given that planning matters such as housing, transport, services and recreation provision affect children, it is necessary, therefore, for planners to engage with children. While planning has made considerable progress in working with older children, preschool children have been overlooked. Preschoolers are commonly seen as lacking the understanding necessary to comprehend the city scale. This paper presents a tile-based city-mapping method that demonstrates preschool children do understand city-scale features and relationships. Further, this method could be used in planning to advocate for and to engage with very young children in planning conversations.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/02697459.2017.1374790

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