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This seminar explored how children and young people can be involved in planning for better cities.

The seminar examined:

• Characteristics of child-friendly cities
• Taking children’s needs into account when planning our cities and towns
• How children and young people use cities and how this has changed over time
• Research finings on participation initiatives undertaken by local government to involve young people in planning

The two speakers were:

• Dr Paul Tranter, Senior Lecturer in the School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences at the University of New South Wales
• Dr Claire Freeman, Director of the Planning Programme, University of Otago , Dunedin , New Zealand .

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