Tchoukaleyska, Roza (2011) Co-housing childhoods: parents’ mediation of urban risk through participation in intentional communities. Journal of Children's Geographies, 9 (2). pp. 235-246. ISSN 1473-3285
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Abstract
Co-housing is a form of intentional community that encourages shared living and sees members jointly build and develop urban housing projects. Through an emphasis on traffic-free developments and reference to strong community sentiment, co-housing is construed by parents as providing a safer and more desirable location for raising children. Drawing on fieldwork in two Canadian co-housing developments, this paper demonstrates how parents are able to mediate risks associated with traffic, bullies, and strangers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| URI: | http://research.library.mun.ca/id/eprint/13410 |
| Item ID: | 13410 |
| Keywords: | co-housing; safety; urban village; community; Canada |
| Department(s): | Grenfell Campus > School of Arts and Social Science > Environmental Studies Grenfell Campus > School of Science and the Environment > Environmental Studies Grenfell Campus > School of Arts and Social Science > Geography Grenfell Campus > School of Science and the Environment > Geography |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
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