ABSTRACT
This process aims to enable a group of 30 or so 12 to 18 year olds to articulate and record their views about the desirable and undesirable features of their neighbourhood, specifying features they would like to keep, change and add with some indication of the relative importance of different issues. This approach could be used in any physical planning exercise, providing that the territory being dealt with is seen by the young participants as their home ground and is vitally important and familiar to them. It would be effective at suburban and neighbourhood scales. It requires expert small-group facilitation by experienced local youth workers who are not seen as authority figures, but who are respected by the young people and who respect them.
