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The EcoCity was created by Gaia Planning and the Scottish non-governmental organization (NGO) Children’s Parliament. The process was conceived during a conference that brought together educationalists and architects to look at children’s potential involvement in developing the built environment. The EcoCity process was created as a tool for engaging with children both in redesigning an existing community and in creating a ‘fantasy’ landscape. The EcoCity process integrates learning and engagement around three key themes of children’s human rights, ecological design and urban design.
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© 2014 Colin Morrison, Cathy McCulloch, Drew Mackie, Sandy Halliday and Howard Liddell
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Morrison, C., McCulloch, C., Mackie, D., Halliday, S., Liddell, H. (2014). Transforming the Urban Environment: The EcoCity Project. In: Tisdall, E.K.M., Gadda, A.M., Butler, U.M. (eds) Children and Young People’s Participation and Its Transformative Potential. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316547_11
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