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Planning Cities With Young People and Schools Deborah L. McKoy

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools By Deborah L. McKoy

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools by Deborah L. McKoy

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Offering the viewpoint of young people from low-income communities of color and their public schools, Planning Cities with Young People and Schools offers an urgently needed set of best practice recommendations for urban planners to change the status quo and reimagine the future of our cities for and with young people.

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools Summary

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools: Forging Justice, Generating Joy by Deborah L. McKoy

--The increased professional momentum from the field needs more how to guides, based on extensive research and practice, to move forward with quality work and sustainable systems for carrying out this work
--Real world examples of inspiring best practices where local communities, cities and increasingly regional entities in New York City, San Francisco, and Tokyo
--While targeted for city planning, this book will also reach out and inform the educators and community developers seeking to connect more directly with their local communities and schools.

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools Reviews

From the first word, you realize this book is different. In centering justice and joy as the essential framework for youth engagement in planning cities, Planning Cities With Young People and Schools offers a brilliant and powerful youth-led antidote to business as usual in urban development. Inside are remarkable real-world examples that center the voices, knowledge, and perspectives of young people in our cities, especially students of color, living in low-income communities. An invaluable resource for every planner and community activist. Charisma Acey, Professor of City and Regional Planning, UC Berkeley, California

Planning Cities With Young People and Schools is a tremendous resource for those who seek to deepen youth engagement in civic life. The book utilizes concrete examples that illustrate how this is being done and show readers why this work is so important. For educators, planners, community activists, and youth workers, this book will be a source of information and inspiration. Pedro Noguera, Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, Los Angeles, California

Youth deserve to feel a sense of joy, a sense of justice, especially in their cities - that closest form of democracy to each individual. Mayor Libby Schaaf, Oakland, California

About Deborah L. McKoy

Deborah L. McKoy is the founding director of the UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools and adjunct professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning. Her research focuses on the intersection of city planning, public education, and young people's experience of place. Deborah has a PhD from UC Berkeley, an MPA from Columbia University, and a BA from University at Albany.

Amanda Eppley is the associate director of the UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools. Amanda is an experienced public school educator, and her research interests examine the reciprocal impacts of cities and schools for the social justice potential that emerges at their confluence. She has an MCP from UC Berkeley with a concentration in environmental planning and a BA in history and education from Swarthmore College.

Shirl Buss is the creative director of the UC Berkeley Center for Cities and Schools. As a designer, planner, and educator, she has directed programs, facilitated participatory design projects, and taught K-graduate students in universities, schools, museums, and informal settings for over 30 years. She holds an MArch and PhD from the UCLA Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Table of Contents

Part I: In Theory & Practice 1. Introduction: Planning Cities for Justice and Joy 2. Theory of Change 3. Activating the Theory II: Young Planners in Action 4. Spotlight on Resilience 5. Spotlight on Housing 6. Spotlight on Transportation Part III: Call to Action 7. The Essentials 8. Forging Justice and Generating Joy in our Cities

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NPB9780367694340
9780367694340
0367694344
Planning Cities With Young People and Schools: Forging Justice, Generating Joy by Deborah L. McKoy
Deborah L. McKoy
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2021-11-30
224
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