Young Lives in Seven Cities: Key Survey Findings
CYCLES (Children and Youth in Cities: Lifestyles Evaluation and Sustainability) is an international research project based in seven cities that span six continents: Christchurch, NZ; Dhaka, BD; Makhanda, ZA; London, UK; New Delhi, IN; São Paulo, BR; and Yokohama, JP. We wanted to understand how young people aged 12-24 experience living in these cities and ask them about their ideas for making their cities great places to live well within the planet’s limits.
In each city, our local teams carried out the research over three phases: a scoping review, photo-elicitation focus groups, and a survey. We have now produced a series of brochures which present an accessible overview of key survey findings.
For each city we show young peoples’ evaluation of how satisfied they are with their lives, what they consider is most important for living well and what they identify as the best and worst things about their city.
We hope that these findings spark discussion within each city about their young people’s wellbeing and that together they provide insights into international similarities and differences in evaluations of life satisfaction and wellbeing.
