This chapter summarizes some of the persistent and relevant themes in research on children
in city environments. It explores some of the stumbling blocks in the process of designing …

What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated, noisy, polluted
and devoid of nature? Or walkable, welcoming, and green? As the climate crisis and …

Pre-schooler's voices are absent in urban planning and design. With the possible exception
of playgrounds, there is limited knowledge about their experiences in and expectations for …

This article highlights a research project entitled, Child-Friendly Cities and Participatory
Planning and Design in Canada. The article describes a graduate course, Child-Friendly …

'Urban Playground'is published by RIBA Publishing and was supported by the Bernard Van
Leer Foundation. The author, Tim Gill, is a well-known global advocate for childfriendly …

This article is based on a collaborative project between a municipality and a research team,
aiming to investigate participatory methods that promote young children's interest and …

The child-friendly cities movement, framed in the rise of attention given to children's human
rights through the 1980s, has some important antecedents, most notably the lively North …

This publication calls all urban stakeholders to invest in child-responsive urban planning,
recognizing that cities are not only drivers of prosperity, but also of inequity. Through 10 …