چکیده:
Due to the poor social and economic conditions of vulnerable children's families, vulnerable children experience urbanspaces for work and play more than other children. Although these children gain a solid understanding of urban spaces,which can be used in the process of designing desirable urban spaces in their neighborhoods, they are less considered insuch projects. Thus, the methodology for the participation of vulnerable children is not developed well to be suited fortheir involvement in urban rehabilitation. This study examined the application of various qualitative methods to find thesuitability of each method for vulnerable children participation in the urban rehabilitation, such as drawing, interview,visiting site and writing essays complemented with drawings, if desired. The results of the study in Tehran’s southernneighborhoods reveal that certain group interviews and site visiting with these children could be more beneficial ascompared to other participation methods. This is due to a number of factors including better verbal skills as comparedto writing and drawing capabilities. Further, studies show that the participation of vulnerable children requires suitablemeasures to obtain their trust and encourage participation. None-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) can play asignificant role in this.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Regarding the potentials and the constraints of the participation of vulnerable children in making desirable places for their living, the main question of this study is formulated as follows: "What are the suitable methods to be considered in gathering data and information needed to improve the neighborhoods from the point of view of vulnerable children?" The Methods for Children’s Participation in Urban Planning and Design Community cultural development, considered as part of an emerging sustainability framework encompasses a huge range of activities that give communities the opportunity to tell their stories, build their creative skills, and be active participants in the development of their culture (Haghi & Zabihi, 2012).
Participatory urban planning and design has introduced a new component in the decision-making processes for cities since mid-1960s: children and young adolescents are now considered as the most important social group, which are exposed to the harms resulted from living in inappropriate cities and urban spaces (Spencer & Blades, 2006).
The various methods for children’s participation in matters related to their living environment include informal observations and "hang-outs", interviews, drawing, daily activity schedules, family and support networks, role playing, drama, puppetry, guided tours, photography by young people, behavior mapping, questionnaires and surveys, focus groups and small-group discussions, workshops and community events.
The techniques used include the following: Drawing: This method was used subjectively through holding / Fig. 1: The locations of case studies in Tehran courses in Iranian House NGO in Mowlavi neighborhoods, where the researcher acted as the teacher in order to get the attributes of preferred urban spaces for vulnerable children.