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Abstract
In 2009 the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development launched a research program called “Adolescents in Urban Neighborhoods” to foster youth participation in urban development and planning in Germany. In all, 55 pilot projects were funded and implemented across Germany to explore methods, instruments and strategies to involve youth in urban planning and decision-making processes between 2009 and 2013. To expand our understanding of what youth participation can be, chances and challenges of state-led participation and two further forms of engaging with participation are discussed and further defined in the paper: the integration of youth-led projects in planning processes and youth advocate-led participation.
Acknowledgements
This paper is based on the unpublished final report of the research project “Youth Participation in the Practical Test”, which was financed by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development. We would like to express our gratitude to Stephanie Haury and Stephan Willinger, who gave advice and support to us throughout the research project on behalf of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR). Thank you to our colleagues who cooperated with us on this project: Verena Andreas, Felix Bentlin, Stefanie Bombach, Silke Edelhoff, Lars Niemann and Thorsten Schauz.
Notes
1 The research was commissioned by the German Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development from 2012 to 2013. The research project team was formed by the Chair of Urban Design and Urban Development at Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) and the planning firm stadtidee, Dortmund.
2 The brochures for planning practitioners and local governments can be downloaded at: http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Jugendbeteiligung/01_Start.html?nn=430172¬First=true&docId=426902.
3 More information: http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/EN/RP/ExWoSt/FieldsOfResearch/TeenagersUrbanQuarter/YouthParticipation/03_Results.html?nn=386162. For profiles of all pilot projects see (only in German): http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Jugendbeteiligung/01_Start.html;jsessionid=C8F9CEB7A74A193F9042F1389494619D.live2052?nn=430172¬First=true&docId=426878.
4 More information: http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/EN/RP/ExWoSt/FieldsOfResearch/TeenagersUrbanQuarter/YouthFunds/02_Concept.html?nn=386162. For profiles of all pilot projects see (only in German): http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Jugendfonds/01_start.html?nn=430172¬First=true&docId=520018.
5 More information (only in German): http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Jugend_belebt_Leerstand/01_start.html?nn=430172. For profiles of all pilot projects see (only in German): http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Jugend_belebt_Leerstand/01_start.html?nn=430172¬First=true&docId=426790.
6 For conference documentation see: http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Veranstaltungen_2012/Hannover_2012_06.html?nn=430172 (conference in Hanover); http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/Veranstaltungen_2012/Nuernberg_2012_10.html?nn=430172 (conference in Nuremberg); http://www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/FP/ExWoSt/Forschungsfelder/2009/JugendlicheImStadtquartier/2012_JugendStadtErfurt_info.html?nn=430172 (conference in Erfurt).
7 This paragraph is based on Uttke et al. Citation2013: 32–37.
8 This paragraph is based on Uttke et al. Citation2013: 37–39.
10 This paragraph is based on Uttke et al. Citation2013: 39–44.
11 This paragraph is based on Uttke et al. Citation2013: 44–46.
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Anna Juliane Heinrich
Anna Juliane Heinrich, Dipl.-Ing., is a researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Urban Design and Urban Development at the Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany. Her research interests include: children and young people in urban development, youth participation, built environment education, urban development and education, and educational landscapes (Bildungslandschaften).
Angela Million
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angela Million is Head of the Chair of Urban Design and Urban Development at the Berlin Institute of Technology, Germany. Her research interests include: educational spaces and urban planning, children and young people in the city, participatory urban design and built environment education, infrastructure development and urban food systems, and scholars in education.