Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Planning for Resilience: Urban Nature and the Emotional Geographies of Children’s Political Engagement

  • Chapter
Children’s Emotions in Policy and Practice

Part of the book series: Studies in Childhood and Youth ((SCY))

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the circulation of emotions in the process of planning and developing urban nature for children. We argue that emotions about children motivate policy interventions and shape children’s participation in planning, while at the same time children’s own emotions are structured and moulded by the policy process, thereby creating neoliberal subjectivities among children.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
eBook
USD 16.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • S. Aitken (2005) Geographies of Young People: The Morally Contested Spaces of Identity. (London: Routledge).

    Google Scholar 

  • K. Anderson and S. Smith (2002) ‘Editorial: Emotional geographies’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 26: 7–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • A. E. Bartos (2013) ‘Children sensing place’, Emotion, Space and Society, 9: 89–98.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • F. Baum and C. Palmer (2002) ‘Opportunity structures: Urban landscape, social capital and health promotion in Australia’, Health Promotion International, 17 (4): 351–361.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • A. L. Bedimo-Rung, A. J. Mowen and D. A. Cohen (2005) ‘The significance of parks to physical activity and public health: A conceptual model’, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 28 (2): 159–168.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • L. Bondi (2005) ‘Making connections and thinking through emotions: Between geography and psychotherapy’, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 30 (4): 433–448.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • F. J. Bosco (2006) ‘“The Madres de Plaza de Mayo and Three Decades of Human Rights” activism: Embeddedness, emotions, and social movements’, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96: 342–365.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • F. J. Bosco (2010) ‘Play, work or activism? Broadening the connections between political and children’s geographies’, Children’s Geographies, 8 (4): 381–390.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • N. Brenner and N. Theodore (2002) ‘Cities and the geographies of actually existing neoliberalism’, Antipode, 34 (3): 349–379.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • S. Churchill (2003) ‘Resilience, not resistance: A contribution to an expanded urban conversation’, City, 7 (3): 349–360.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • S. Elwood (2002) ‘Neighborhood revitalization through “collaboration”: Assessing the implications of neoliberal urban policy at the grassroots’, GeoJournal, 58 (2–3): 121–130.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • B. Evans and E.-J. Honeyford (2012) ‘Brighter futures, greener lives: Children and young people in UK sustainable development policy’ In P. Kraftl, J. Horton and F. Tucker (Eds), Critical Geographies of Childhood and Youth: Contemporary Policy and Practice (Chicago: University of Chicago Press), pp. 61–77.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • R. Gilligan (2001) Promoting Resilience: A Resource Guide on Working with Children in the Care System. (London: Baaf).

    Google Scholar 

  • T. Hall and P. Hubbard (1998) The Entrepreneurial City: Geographies of Politics, Regime, and Representation. (Chichester: John Wiley & Sons).

    Google Scholar 

  • R. Hart (1997) Children’s Participation: The Theory and Practice of Involving Young Citizens in Community Development and Environmental Care. (London: UNICEF).

    Google Scholar 

  • D. Harvey (1989) ‘From managerialism to entrepreneurialism: The transformation in urban governance in late capitalism’, Geografiska Annaler Series B, 71 (1): 3–17.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D. Harvey (2005) A Brief History of Neoliberalism. (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • O. Howell (2008) ‘Skatepark as neoliberal playground: Urban governance, recreation space, and the cultivation of personal responsibility’, Space and Culture, 11 (4): 475–496.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • P. Joassart-Marcelli, J. R. Wolch and Z. Salim (2011) ‘Building the healthy city: The role of nonprofits in creating active urban parks’, Urban Geography, 32 (5): 682–711.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • J. M. Johnson and J. Hurley (2002) ‘A future ecology of urban parks: Reconnecting nature and community in the landscape of children’, Landscape Journal, 21 (1): 110–115.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • K. P. Kallio (2008) ‘The body as a battlefield: Approaching children’s politics’, Geografiska Annaler: Series B, Human Geography, 90 (3): 285–297.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • L. Karsten (2002) ‘Mapping childhood in Amsterdam: The spatial and social construction of children’s domains in the city’, Tijdschrift Voor Economische En Sociale Geografie, 93 (3): 231–241.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • C. Katz (2004) Growing Up Global: Economic Restructuring and Children’s Everyday Lives. (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press).

    Google Scholar 

  • B. Keim (2007) ‘Lack of free times outdoors threatens kids’ mental health’, Wired. Science Section. June 15. Available at: http://www.wired.com/2007/06/lack_of_free_ti/; last accessed 5 June 2014.

  • H. Lefebvre (1996) Writings on Cities. (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers).

    Google Scholar 

  • R. Louv (2005) Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books).

    Google Scholar 

  • R. Louv (2011) The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. (Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books).

    Google Scholar 

  • D. Mackinnon (2000) ‘Managerialism, governmentality and the state: A neo-Foucauldian approach to local economic governance’, Political Geography, 19 (3): 293–314.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D. Mackinnon and K. D. Derickson (2013) ‘From resilience to resourcefulness: A critique of resilience policy and activism’, Progress in Human Geography, 37 (2): 253–270.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • P. Martin-Breen and J. M. Anderies (2011) Resilience: A Literature Review. (New York: The Rockefeller Foundation).

    Google Scholar 

  • A. S. Masten (2001) ‘Ordinary magic: Resilience process in development’, American Psychologist, 56 (3): 227–238.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • A. S. Masten and J. L. Powell (2003) ‘A resilience framework for research, policy and practice’ In S. S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience and Vulnerability: Adaptation in the Context of Childhood Adversities. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), pp. 1–25.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • D. Mitchell and L. A. Staeheli (2006) ‘Clean and safe? Property redevelopment, public space, and homelessness in downtown San Diego’ In S. Low and N. Smith (Eds), The Politics of Public Space. (New York: Routledge), pp. 143–175.

    Google Scholar 

  • S. D. Moeller (2002) ‘A hierarchy of innocence: The media’s use of children in the telling of international news’, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, 7 (1): 36–56.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • J. Peck and A. Tickell (2002) ‘Neoliberalising space’, Antipode, 34: 380–404.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • P. Pizzolongo and A. Hunter (2011) ‘I am safe and secure: Promoting resilience in young children’, The National Association for the Education of Young Children. Available at: http://www.naeyc.org/content/i-am-safe-and-secure-promoting-resilience-young-children, 20 May 2014.

  • N. C. Poudyal, D. G. Hodges and C. D. Merrett (2009) ‘A hedonic analysis of the demand for and benefits of urban recreation parks’, Land Use Policy, 26 (4): 975–983.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • M. Purcell (2006) ‘Urban democracy and the local trap’, Urban Studies, 42: 1921–1941.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • S. Ruddick (2003) ‘The politics of aging: Globalization and the restructuring of youth and childhood’, Antipode, 35 (2): 334–362.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • S. Ruddick (2006) ‘Abnormal, the “new normal,” and destabilizing discourses of rights’, Public Culture, 18 (1): 53.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • K. M. Sheldon and L. King (2001) ‘Why positive psychology is necessary’, American Psychologist, 56 (3): 216.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • T. Skelton (2007) ‘Children, young people, UNICEF and participation’, Children’s Geographies, 5 (1–2): 165–181.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • T. Skelton and G. Valentine (Eds) (2005) Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures. (London: Routledge).

    Google Scholar 

  • L. A. Staeheli (2011) ‘Political geography: Where’s citizenship?’ Progress in Human Geography, 35 (3): 393–400.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • A. F. Taylor and F. E. Kuo (2006) ‘Is contact with nature important for healthy child development? State of the evidence’ In C. Spencer and M. Blades (Eds), Children and Their Environments: Learning, Using and Designing Spaces. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press), pp. 124–140.

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  • TKF Foundation (2012) ‘Open spaces sacred places: The healing power of nature’. National awards program for integrated research and design projects. Request for Proposals.

    Google Scholar 

  • TKF Foundation (2014) Nature Sacred Website. http://naturesacred.org.

    Google Scholar 

  • G. Valentine (2004) Public Space and the Culture of Childhood. (Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd).

    Google Scholar 

  • J. Weichselgartner and I. Kelman (2015) ‘Geographies of resilience: Challenges and opportunities of a descriptive concept’, Progress in Human Geography, 39(3): 249–267.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • M. Welsh (2014) ‘Resilience and responsibility: Governing uncertainty in a complex world’, The Geographical Journal, 180 (1): 15–26.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • E. Werner (1993) ‘Risk, resilience, and recovery: Perspectives from the Kauai longitudinal study’, Development and Psychopathology, 5 (4): 503–515.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • R. Withaker (2010) The Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America. (New York: Random House).

    Google Scholar 

  • J. R. Wolch (1990) The Shadow State: Government and Voluntary Sector in Transition. (New York: Foundation Center).

    Google Scholar 

  • J. R. Wolch, J. P. Wilson and J. Fehrenbach (2005) ‘Parks and park funding in Los Angeles: An equity-mapping analysis’, Urban Geography, 26 (1): 4–35.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • B. E. Wood (2013) ‘Young people’s emotional geographies of citizenship participation: Spatial and relational insights’, Emotion, Space and Society, 9: 50–58.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Authors
  1. Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Fernando J. Bosco
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Loughborough University, UK

    Matej Blazek

  2. University of Birmingham, UK

    Peter Kraftl

Copyright information

© 2015 Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando J. Bosco

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Joassart-Marcelli, P., Bosco, F.J. (2015). Planning for Resilience: Urban Nature and the Emotional Geographies of Children’s Political Engagement. In: Blazek, M., Kraftl, P. (eds) Children’s Emotions in Policy and Practice. Studies in Childhood and Youth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137415608_6

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation