The Evolution of Young People’s Spatial Knowledge

Based on a qualitative meta-analysis, synthesis and interpretation of seventy published studies spanning several decades, this book examines the evolution of spatial knowledge among young people, considering both conceptual tensions and the practical implications of its findings for urban planning and design.

Ignacio Castillo Ulloa, PhD, is Researcher and Lecturer in the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and co-editor of Spatial Transformations: Kaleidoscopic Perspectives on the Re-Figuration of Spaces. He is Researcher at the CRC 1265 ＂Re-Figuration of Spaces.＂

Anna Juliane Heinrich, PhD, is Researcher and Lecturer in the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and the co-editor of Education, Space and Urban Planning: Education as a Component of the City. She is PI at the CRC 1265 ＂Re-Figuration of Spaces.＂

Angela Million, PhD, is Professor of Urban Design and Urban Development at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. She is the co-editor of Spatial Transformations: Kaleidoscopic Perspectives on the Refiguration of Spaces and Education, Space and Urban Planning: Education as a Component of the City. She is PI at the CRC 1265 ＂Re-Figuration of Spaces.＂

Jona Schwerer is Research Assistant in the Research Center ＂Transformations of Political Violence＂ at the Chair of Urban Sociology and Sociology of Space at the Technical University of Darmstadt. He is an associate member of the CRC 1265 ＂Re-Figuration of Spaces.＂